Book One:The Medusa Plot by Gordon Korman (Available August 30, 2011)
Fans of the original series can continue their armchair globe-trotting in search of more clues, this time in the Medusa painting by Caravaggio, which they are instructed to steal from the Uffizi gallery in Florence as ransom for their captured friends. And, of course, the search doesn’t end there – either in this book, or in the books to follow. Each book is written by a different well-known children’s author, this first by Gordon Korman. And as in the original books, readers are introduced to a variety of historical artifacts, events and people. But this is...
Gordan Korman makes it a exiting new spin off from the last ten books, I read right through the book not stopping until I reached the end. When I did it only left me eager for the next book. Edward (M13)
Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, thought they belonged to teh world'smost powerful family. They thought the hunt for 39 Clues leading to the source of taht power was over, They even thought tehy'd won. But Amy and Dan were wrong.
One by one, distress calls start coing in from around teh globe. Cahills are being kidnapped by a shadowy group know only as the Vespers. Now Amy and Dan have just days to fulfill a bizarre ransom request or their captured friends will start dying. Amy and Dan don't know what the Vespers want or how to stop them. Only one thing is clear. The Vespers are playing to win, and if they get their hands on the Clues...the world will be their next hostage.