The 39 Clues- The Emperor's Code by Gordon Korman

Amy and Dan know they are good. Even though they are in the worst Cahill branch, they know they are good. They make a shocking discovery about their parents, that doesn't go along with what they think about themselves. When Amy tells Dan something she thinks about their parents he runs away. In China, by himself. This makes Amy go crazy. How will she find Dan in China??? She has to find him...but she also has to find the next clue. Which one will she choose?

The Emperors Code was a great book. This book was different from many of the other 39 Clues books. In most of this book Amy and Dan were separated. Every chapter or so it would go back and forth from what Dan was doing to Amy. One of Amy and Dan's family members were in a lot of this book. In the other books he wasn't there a lot so it was nice to learn about a new character. Like all the other books, there was a lot of details and I learned a lot about history. This is a great book!

Schooled by Gordon Korman

 Capricorn (Cap for short) Anderson has been living on a farm commune with his hippie grandmother, Rain. Cap has never watched t.v and has never eaten pizza. He has been living on the farm commune all his life and he is home-schooled by Rain. When Rain falls out of a tree while picking plums Cap is forced to go to public school and live with another family while Rain is in the hospital. In Claverage Middle School, its a tradition to make the biggest nerd run for class president. No one runs against that person and the biggest nerd wins. Well right when Cap Anderson walks into the school everyone knows that his weirdness will make him win the title of president. Will he fall under the pressure or be the greatest president Claverage Middle School has ever seen? 

I loved the book Schooled by Gordon Korman! I like it so much I have read it about four times. All the characters seemed so real in this book. You could just imagine this as a movie playing in your mind, because everything was so well described. The whole book wasn't just about how Cap had to get through middle school, it was also about how Cap changed other peoples lives with his hippie style. I liked how peaceful he was and how he thought he could do anything when he put his mind to it. I thought it was funny how the kids made him think there were certain things that the class president had to do, like they told Cap he had to learn everyone's name in the whole entire school. Overall this was a great book and I think you should read it! 

The 39 Clues Book Two One False Note by Gordon Korman

*See older posts for book review on 39 Clues Book 1 The Maze of Bones*

Dan and Amy Cahill are back and this time they are looking for the second clue out of 39. There search has been taking them all over the world and right now they are in Vienna with a coded piece of sheet music that Mozart happened to have written. Dan and Amy think that this sheet of music will lead them to the second clue. Are they right or is this just another deadly trap?

I thought the book 39 Clues Book Two One Flase Note was just as good as the first one!!! I always feel so bad for Dan and Amy- they always look like they were just sleeping on the street. Sometimes they barely have enough money to stay at a decent hotel. I also feel bad for their au pair--Dan and Amy always tell her that they will be back from someplace in a hour but they usually go a hour over the time they said! The au pair, Nellie, is always worried sick and I would be, too. To make Dan and Amy seem real they are always fighting, in the first book I didn't see as much of the brother and sister fighting and now that they are, they seem more believable as brother and sister. At the end of the book there's always a cliffhanger sort of thing that makes me want to start reading the next book right away! I cant wait to get the next book! Overall, this was a great book.