The Maze of Bones

Title: The Maze of Bones

Author: Rick Riordan

ISBN: 9780545060394

Audience: 9-12

Genre: Mystery, Adventure

Series: The 39 Clues

Summary
A selected number of heirs of grandmother Grace was given a choice of one million dollars or a quest to find the 39 Clues, which the winner will become the “most powerful and influential person on the planet.” No one has any ideas what the final prize is. Amy and Dan Cahill, grandchildren of Grace, decide to accept the quest challenge. There are other heirs also accepted the challenge. The first Clue was given. With the help of Nellie Gomez, their au pair, their travel around the world to find the second Clue. The quest started from Boston, and to Philadelphia, and they end up in Pairs, France. They went to the Paris Catacombs, the maze of bones, to find their lead to the second Clue.

Review
A very excited story. It started a very puzzlingly that give very little information about the final prize. It likes lost in a maze, never know is there waited in next turning corner. The readers will keep flipping the pages to find out what happen next. The fast-moving plot, also, helps grip the readers attention. Also, from time to time, there humor element added. It gets readers a break from excitement of solving the puzzle and deadly action scenes. As the first book of the 39 Clues series, it was a good start for readers to look forward on the second book.

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World's Oldest Living Dragon

Title: World's Oldest Living Dragon

Author: Kate McMullan

ISBN: 9780448441122

Summary
Angus, Janice, Erica, and Wiglaf, students of Dragon Slayer's Academy, is having a class trip to visit the home for aged knights. On their way back to the academy, they founded out that the world's oldest living dragon, Grizzlgore, will be visiting their academy to get their gold or put their academy into flame. The group learned that only the aged knights can stop Grizzlgore. There is one problem that the aged knights are too old to travel to the academy. The group will have to get the aged knights back shape and fight Grizzlgore.

Review
This is the number 16 of the Dragon Slayers' Academy series by Kate McMullan. This book has most of the element what young boy readers would like, laughter, dragon, knight, hero, students at their age and fantasy background. The storyline did not surprise me and is somewhat predictable. A group of youngsters trying to solve a problem that matters to them. I think a predictable storyline is actually suitable for young tweens. Keep it straightforward, and readers can be more focus on reading. The details, on the other hand, actually surprised me, such as the weakness of a dragon is rhyme and a dragon has fake fangs. Readers will laugh because of these details.

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