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Language Arts Class Period (fill in once your teacher tells you)
July 7, 2014
Summer Reading Book Report
1) 39 Clues: Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan
2) Plot:
a. Characters:
i. Amy, Dan Cahill, Nellie, William McIntyre, Aunt Beatrice, Grace Cahill
ii. Ekat=Alistair Oh; Starling triplets (Sinead, Ned, Ted)
iii. Janus=Jonah Wizard
iv. Tomas=Holt Family (Eisenhower, Mary-Todd, Hamilton, Madison, Reagan, Arnold the dog)
v. Lucian=Ian and Natalie Kabra; Russian spy
b. Setting
i. Time: Present Day
ii. Place: Attleboro, Massachusetts; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Paris, France
c. Main Problem: Dan and Amy want to find the treasure Grace describes in her will, but other family
members on the clue hunt try to kill Dan and Amy to find the treasure first, so Dan and Amy outsmart
them and find the first clue.
d. Major Events:
i. Mansion burns down but Amy, Dan, Saladin, and Alistair escape
ii. Nellie takes Amy and Dan to Philadelphia museum and they find another clue
1. Amy and Dan escape bomb explosion at the museum, but the Starling triplets don’t
iii. Nellie takes Amy and Dan to Paris, France
1. Sneak in to Lucian secret base
2. Go to graveyard and almost get buried alive in their own grave
3. Go through the Maze of Bones in the catacombs
4. Solve magic box found on skulls and find a vial of green sludge
5. Escape Natalie and Ian by taking a path through a subway tunnel
6. Go to church bell tower to “charge” the vial by getting it struck by lightning
7. Find sheet music
iv. Climax: Ian and Natalie steal the green vial
1. Dan solve another puzzle on the sheet music
v. Solution: They decide to go to Vienna, Austria to follow the next clue (sequel)
3) Summary: The novel, 39 Clues: Maze of Bones, by Rick Riordan describes the adventures of Amy and Dan who
want to find the treasure their dead grandmother, Grace, sent them to find in her will. In the beginning, Amy
and Dan decide to go on the clue hunt instead of taking on million dollars each. Next, on the clue hunt Amy and
Dan narrowly escape a burning mansion, an explosion in the Philadelphia museum, being buried alive in a grave
in Paris, and being trapped in a church bell tower during a lightning storm. At the end, Amy and Dan find
Benjamin Franklin’s clue about an ingredient, iron solute, in Paris, France, and find the next clue left by Mozart.
4) Recommendation: I likes (or disliked) this book because…
You should read it if…
5) Complete the chart below by citing SPECIFIC evidence from the story. Each piece of evidence should prove that
the character trait (one word to describe the character) is true. Action+Words+Reputation=character trait
Character
Appearance—
quotes to
describe
physical
characteristics
Amy
14
Green eyes
Action—what does
the character do that
that reveals his/her
personality?
Words—what does
the character say that
reveals his/her
personality?
Reputation—what do
others say about or
think of the character?
3 Character Traits-One word to
describe the
character’s
personality.
Stutters when
nervous
Wants to study
history and
archeology at Harvard
Poor orphan
1)smart
Dan says she’s “smart
and stuff”
2)shy
Burns $2 million to go
on clue hunt
Hates crowds
Goes to library to
research
3)ambitious/driven
Crush on Ian
Loves librarians
Follows Irina to get
book back
Wants to protect old
books
Warns Starlings that
main museum exit
not safe
Dan
11
Green eyes
Burns $2 million to go Wants ninja swards
on clue hunt
and baseball cards
Comfortable in crowds
Poor orphan
Put Mentos in
teacher’s Diet Coke
Finds secret entrance
to Grace’s private
library
Steals orb from
Lucian headquarters
Uses orb (concussion
bomb) to escape trap
Uses laptop to
research
Explains why 39 is a
good number—good
at math
2)social
Photographic memory
Good at math
Wants to sell old
books
1)clever
Good at solving puzzles
like anagrams
3)mischievous