Boyznbikes

This book is about a kid named Callum who is 16 years old and likes riding motorbikes. One day at school Callum got suspended for climbing up a tree to try and grab a pair of shoes hanging off a power line using a bamboo pole and reaching over a school fence near the road. He ended up falling on a nearby police car's bonnet. While Callum was at school he spoke to the principal beside his mum and dad. His parents didn't know what to do with him as his dad was about to leave for a big motorbike trip with his two best friends, Baz and Skid. A few days later Callum found himself packing to go on this huge motorbike ride with his dad and his two best friends. On the bike ride they would be travelling around the North Island of New Zealand. They left from their home in Gisborne and travelled to Rotorua. They visited many cities including Hawera, Taupo, Ohakune and Taranaki. As they were travelling back home they had to say goodbye to Baz and Skid as they went their separate ways. While Callum and his father were travelling back his father let out a big secret that Callum had a step sister so they stopped at his step sister's house and it was her birthday. His dad came up and said hi to a girl named Shelley and Callum began to feel that his dad had been cheating on his mother. Before Callum's dad married his mother he had been in love with a lady called Shelley and had a baby who is Callum's step sister. As they tried to ring his mum to see if she was OK there was no answer so they rung his gran and asked her if she could get hold of Callum's mum and she said that she would call back if she heard from his mum. They waited a few hours but got no response. They tried her once again and this time she answered and said "get here now, something has happened". As their trip home neared its end they said goodbye to Shelley and Callum's step sister and took an eight hour drive to Gisborne. Throughout the night Callum fell asleep and he put duck tape around his body to make sure he stayed on the bike while he was asleep. As they entered Gisborne they went straight to the hospital to find his mum and when they found her she was in the hospital in bed asleep. When she woke up she saw Callum standing in front of her and she said "Callum, I'm having a baby". On the big ride Callum had discovered two very big secrets, his dad had already had another baby for him and now his mum is pregnant. This was an adventure with his dad that he would never forget and would change his life forever. I recommend this book for boys who like adventures and enjoy reading stories about motorbikes.

The 39 Clues book 8 The Emperor's Code

The hunt for the 39 clues that leads to unimaginable power takes 14 year old Amy Cahill and her 11 year old brother Dan to the Forbidden City in China. When Amy and Dan board their plane to China a movie that was filmed in China is played on a small TV screen and in the movie the Janus crest is shown on the wall of a building. So Dan sets off to find the exact same Janus crest that he saw in the movie. He searches through lots of buildings and finally finds a green faded picture the Janus crest. He climbs up to the roof and through a open window he finds a silk blanket. On the silk blanket their are five crests, the Lucian crest, the Janus crest, the Ekaterina crest, the Tomas crest and the Cahill crest. The five crests on the blanket make an equation. The equation is the Lucian crest+the Janus crest+the Ekaterina crest and the Tomas crest=the Cahill crest. While Dan retrieved the silk blanket a Chinese man yells at Dan for trying to steel the precious Chinese blanket. Before Dan's own eyes he is kidnapped by Ian Kabra, Natalie Kabra and their vicious mother Isabel Kabra. They take Dan very far away from Amy. While Dan is kidnapped he meets up with his cousin Jonah Wizard and he offers to help Dan find Amy and their au pair Nellie. Amy feels so bad so they search everywhere even the great wall of China but by mistake they drop Grace Cahill's cat Saladin down the great wall. Amy ends up finding Dan and they race up a huge mountain to search for the next clue. Amy is the first to climb the mountain and find the clue but she makes a terrible mistake she drops the clue down the side of the mountain as it shatters on the rocks below.

The 39 Clues book 7 the Vipers Nest

The hunt for the 39 clues is still long from finished and Amy and Dan are off to Pretoria, South Africa. In Pretoria Amy and Dan run into their deadly relatives the Holt's and they will find out what family branch they belong to. Will they be cunning Lucian's,
creative Janus, inventive Ekaterina, physical Tomas or evil and unknown Madrigals. After seeing Irina Spasky die in Jakarta Amy felt terrible. The clue hunt seems to be taking them both to a Tomas stronghold. They have used the Holt's lost ID card to get inside the stronghold. While they are in the stronghold they are greeted by fellow Tomas and they are given a tour of the stronghold. But then Dan sneaks outside searching for the hidden treasure owned by the warrior Shaka. Dan digs up the Tomas treasure but is found just before he ran away with the treasure. The Tomas members chased Dan through some bushes with Amy and their au pair Nellie. In the end Amy and Dan didn't get to keep the clue (which was Shaka's necklace) and they gave it back to the Tomas but more importantly they now know that they belong to the Madrigals.

The 39 Clues Book 6 - In Too Deep

The search for the 39 clues continues and Amy and Dan are off to Australia to find out about what their own mother and father knew about the 39 clues. They met up with their Dad's friend Shepard and they are going to stay with him until they leave Australia. They snuck away from Shepard and their au pair Nellie again but this time they are on a boat. They sailed out to sea and caught sight of an active volcano. After being dropped off at a island they look around. The island is deserted apart from one house and that house belongs to their uncle Alistair who is in the Ekaterina branch of the Cahill family. Amy and Dan decide to stay with Alistair for the night knowing they will be safe, dry and warm. Later on through the night Isabel Kabra set the house on fire and Amy was woken up by the smell of smoke. She ran and woke up Dan and Alistair and they all ran onto the roof. Just as the fire started spreading and coming closer Irina Spasky (who is a Lucian) came to the rescue. She grabbed a bamboo stick and pole volted up to the roof with them. Irina gave Amy her missing jade necklace that had belonged to Grace Cahill (Amy and Dan's grandmother). They used the pole to help them climb to safety but before Irina could climb down the house crumbled to pieces leaving Irina Spasky dead. Amy felt terrible after seeing someone die but when Amy saw Nellie waving frantically from a launch ready to pick them up she felt much better. After saying goodbye to Alistair they sailed off. Amy and Dan didn't find a clue in this book. I hope they find a clue in book 7.

The 39 Clues Book 5 The Black Circle

Amy and Dan Cahill are off to Russia on the search for The 39 Clues. A weird telegram signed by NRR launches a race to uncover a treasure stolen by the Nazis in the war and the truth about the murder of the last Russian royal family. They sneaked away from their au pair Nellie so they are on their own for a while. The clue hunt brings Amy and Dan to a royal palace called Alexandra Palace in St Petersburg. All the hints they find in Russia are orange which helps them discover the clue in this book which is 1 gram of melted amber. They now have 5 clues and are 5 steps closer to finding what their grandmother had called the Cahill destiny.

The 39 Clues Book 4 Beyond the Grave

A clue that Amy and Dan found in Book 3 makes them try and discover why there is such a strong rivalry between the Tomas and Ekaterina branches of the Cahill family. They end up in Egypt with their au pair Nellie and find themselves in danger once again as they search for clues in very famous historical tombs. They have trouble knowing who of their relatives they can trust and who they can't especially a friend of their grandmother's who seems to want to help them. Amy and Dan still fight all the time but they seem to work better as a team in this book. A message from their dead grandmother leads them to discover the clue which is a half gram of myrrh.

The 39 Clues Book 3 The Sword Thief

The clue hunt continues and Amy and Dan Cahill are off to Tokyo, Japan. The key to finding the next clue is helped with Dan's samurai sword. One of Amy and Dan's relatives, Ian Kabra, tries to form an alliance with them and gives Amy a coin with a symbol on it. The symbol on the coin ends up helping Amy and Dan in the clue hunt. Amy and Dan discover a hedge maze and solve the mystery of how to open up a secret hatch. In the hatch they read from a book which tells them the history of Gideon Cahill and his wife Olivia. Gideon made a discovery to change the course of humankind and had been studying alchemy which is attempting to turn base metals into gold. Amy realised that Gideon had cracked the secret of the philosopher's stone and that when Amy and Dan solve the 39 clues they will possess the secret to alchemy. In the Pukhansan National Park they find a big rock which they believe hides Hideyoshi's treasure. Amy slots her coin in the rock and a dark cavern opens up which holds gold coins, buddhas, plates, chopsticks, cups, bowls, platters all in solid gold. They had found their third clue which is gold.

The 39 Clues Book 2 One False Note

The journey continues on the search for the 39 clues and Amy and Dan Cahill are completely surprised to find themselves in the lead. They now rush off to Vienna, Italy with only a piece of Mozart's sheet music to help them but they soon get trapped in the Janus headquarters. They are also being chased by deadly relatives who are trying to stop Amy and Dan winning the clue hunt. After realising that the musical notes on the sheet music were also letters they worked out the clue which was TU. Dan had an epiphany and said "it's the old chemical symbol for tungsten!". Amy and Dan remembered the first clue was iron solute and the second clue is tungsten. This is when they realised that this contest is about putting together some kind of formula.

The 39 Clues book1 The Maze Of Bones

Five minutes before Grace Cahill died she changed her will. At her funeral everyone could choose to walk away with one million dollars or begin a very dangerous clue hunt which would reveal the source of their family's power. Amy and Dan Cahill (who are brother and sister) have chosen to start searching for the 39 clues around the world. Their first stop is Paris. The two of them head to the underground catacombs to search for clues which will lead to unimaginable power. There are four branches of the Cahill family, each with their own secrets, abilities and powers. There are the Lucians who are cunning and very good at keeping secrets. Janus have a love of art and are very smart. There are the Ekaterinas who can invent anything and the Tomas branch are very athletic and physical. This is the first book in a series of ten books where a clue to the Cahill family power is revealed as Amy and Dan continue on their clue hunt.