The 39 Clues Book 2: One False Note - Library Edition [Hardcover]

Gordan Korman (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: The 39 Clues

Super-selling author Gordon Korman sends Amy and Dan off on a wild chase in Book 2 of the highly-anticipated "39 Clues" series. This just in! Amy and Dan Cahill were spotted on a train, hot on the trail of one of 39 Clues hidden around the world. But wait! Police report a break-in at an elite hotel, and the suspects also sound suspiciously like Amy and Dan. Update! Amy and Dan have been seen in a car...no, in a speedboat chase...and hold everything! They're being chased by an angry mob. When there's a Clue on the line, anything can happen. Think you've gone everywhere books can take you? Think again. Books are going to a new place but you have to follow the clues to get there.Join Amy and Dan as they continue the hunt for the 39 Clues in "Book Two: One False Note". The high-octane adventures will continue for a total of ten exhilarating books written by well-known authors over two years. "The 39 Clues" also encompasses hundreds of game cards and an online world that allows you to play a part in the story and compete for 100s of prizes, totaling over GBP50,000.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Inc.; Library edition edition (December 2, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0545090601
• ISBN-13: 978-0545090605
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #609,642 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Gordon Korman has written more than fifty middle-grade and teen novels. Favorites include the New York Times #1 bestseller The 39 Clues: One False Note, The Juvie Three, Son of the Mob, Born to Rock, and Schooled. Though he didn't play football in high school, Gordon's been a lifelong fan and season ticket holder. He says, "I've always been fascinated by the 'culture of collision' in football and wanted to explore it-not just from the highlight films but from its darker side as well." Gordon lives with his family on Long Island, New York.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars School Library Edition..., January 12, 2009

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Pink Librarian "hellokerry1976" (Wilmington, DE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The 39 Clues Book 2: One False Note - Library Edition (Hardcover)

To explain what happened with the clues in this book...this is clearly stated as a School Library Edition. Which means it is published for use in schools and libraries. As a buyer for a library, I don't want the cards or whatever else may come with a book. That is why they make an edition that doesn't include it so it can be circulated without missing pieces. You may have wanted to order the market edition that would have the clue cards. I can't explain the poor customer services though. Just return it and get the other edition.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tremendous, March 27, 2009

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Steven R. McEvoy "MCWPP" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The 39 Clues Book 2: One False Note - Library Edition (Hardcover)

Much as book 1, Maze of Bones, focused on the life and times of Benjamin Franklin, book 2, One False Note, focuses on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his sister Nannerl. Continuing almost immediately after book one, the pace of this one is much quicker. Moving from Paris to Vienna, the Cahill kids, Dan, Amy and their chaperon are ambushed by the big burly Holt clan. Narrowly escaping them, the dangers from other family members only intensifies. With more bombs, boat crashes, and run-ins with everyone from their aunts, uncles and cousins to Benedictine monks, this book is one wild chase scene.

The adventures in this book take our trio from Paris to Vienna then onto Salzburg then finally Venice. This book not only has a faster pace than book one, but also more dialogue. Some of that may be due to the writing style of the different authors, and some the point in the story arch and plot development. Gordon Korman does an excellent job continuing from the story started by Rick Riordan in Book 1.The transition is almost effortless. The feel is slightly different but the story continues to flow well.

It is interesting reading a series of 10 books with seven different authors, in part because we do not know how much freedom each author has. Do they write their section and hand it off and the next author has to create from there, or is there an overarching story arc already sketched out and the authors are composing the different scenes as movements in a musical piece? Either way this book is excellent and like the first leaves the reader hungry for more. I cannot honestly remember the last time I read a series that was so addictive. I picked up the next book immediately and dread when I will have to await the next release. All in all an excellent book in what is shaping up to be a great series.

The 39 Clues:

The Maze of Bones - Book 1 - Rick Riordan
One False Note - Book 2 - Gordon Korman
The Sword Thief - Book 3 - Peter Lerangis
Beyond the Grave - Book 4 - Jude Watson (June 2009)
Book 5 - Patrick Carman (August 2009)
Book 6 - Jude Watson (November 2009)
Book 7 - Peter Lerangis (February 2010)
Book 8 - Gordon Korman (April 2010)
Book 9 - Linda Sue Park (June 2010)
Book 10 - Margaret Peterson Haddix (September 2010)

Card Pack #1 - Books 1-3
Card Pack #2 - Books 4-6 (June 2009)
Card Pack #3 - Books 7-9 (February 2010)
Rare Card Pack (June 2010)

(First published in Imprint 2009-03-27.)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice series, June 8, 2009

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This review is from: The 39 Clues Book 2: One False Note - Library Edition (Hardcover)

This book, and others in the series, are very good. They offer an adventerous story about a boy and girl looking for a long lost family fortune. Each book details their quest for one clue out of the 39 clues they need to find to solve the family quest. My son loves the books, as do I and his grandfather. Worthy read!