Ian and Natalie Kabra, their rich cousins, are already on their tail. Of course, things won’t go so easy for Amy and Dan that they can just get to the airport easily. In this book much more than any of the others, Amy and Dan act independently without Nellie’s help. Their au pair Nellie is asleep, so they head out without her and leave a message. The telegram also contains a poem about how Dan buried his bottle cap collection in Grace’s yard, making Amy and Dan think NRR must have known Grace. For those of you who have… SummaryĪmy and Dan are still in their hotel room in Egypt when they get a telegram from a person who calls himself (or herself) NRR. If you haven’t read the series yet, I’d start with the most recent series and then work your way back from the first book. Paris, Venice, Cairo, and, in this book, Russia. The 39 Clues also tends to be good for learning history because Amy and Dan travel the world to all kinds of exciting places. Their conniving relatives are also after them, and will do anything to find them. Of course, Amy and Dan are not the only people looking after the clues. The source of their families power is in thirty-nine chemical elements, and w hoever assembles them all will become the most powerful person ever. Amy and Dan learn that they are members of the most powerful family in human history when their grandmother, Grace, dies. The 39 Clues, for those who don’t know, is a multi-author series about two kids named Dan and Amy Cahill. There were some promos and sneak peaks for it during the summer that were pretty well done, and I’m happy to say the book didn’t disappoint.

After a wayward third book, the fourth book had been relatively strong and the fifth book was looking to be exciting by all indications. As usual, I was really excited to read the fifth book in The 39 Clues series, The Black Circle by Patrick Carman.