Riordan, Rick. The Maze of Bones. New York: Scholastic Inc, 2008. 220 pages. (Fantasy Series)Have you ever traveled by plane, car, and boat throughout the whole world looking for clues to the prize that could make you the most powerful person ever? Well, that’s exactly what these people did in the novel The 39 Clues- Maze of Bones. The main characters of this novel are fourteen year old Amy Cahill, her eleven year old son Dan Cahill, and Grace Cahill. The story takes place in four main places: Boston, Massachusetts; London; Paris; and Vienna, Austria. The problem they face is that they have to find the 39 clues to become very powerful, but it is very hard to find these clues. The characters solve this problem by using the first clue they get at the beginning of the novel to go different places finding more clues. Another interesting thing that happens in this novel is that the characters find an underground tunnel filled with bones and skulls- which have a mysterious pattern of numbers on them.
I think this book is one of the best I have ever read. It is a mystery, and always keeps you wanting to turn the page and see what happens next. If I were to give this book a one- word label, I would say, “mysterious.” I definitely recommend this book to almost everybody. I saw this book from a book order and it looked good, so I got it. And it was extremely good. In fact, I read this book in about three days!
Reviewed by: ChickenWing57
