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Into the Gauntlet
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The 39 Clues: Book 10

Into the Gauntlet (2010) (edit title/settings)

by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Author) (edit contributors)

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THE END OF THE LINE. Fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother Dan, have had enough. Not only do they have to find the 39 Clues first, but they're expected to reunite their backstabbing family - the same people who killed their parents. But Amy and Dan haven't survived explosions... read more

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  • - Cahills trip over each other, vandalize the Bard's tomb, finally all sing Kumbaya on their invisible ancestral isle
  • - Madrigals Amy and Dan arrest the murderer of their parents and bring the family together.

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Into the Gauntlet begins as Amy and Dan Cahill enter a London hotel tired and confused. They receive another lead, but this is stolen by Isabel Kabra via a pet monkey. However, Dan, who has already memorized it, rewrites it. Nellie finds out that the coin the monkey left behind was Isabel... read more

Into the Gauntlet begins as Amy and Dan Cahill enter a London hotel tired and confused. They receive another lead, but this is stolen by Isabel Kabra via a pet monkey. However, Dan, who has already memorized it, rewrites it. Nellie finds out that the coin the monkey left behind was Isabel Kabra's bug. After the bug was destroyed, they go around the room checking for other bugs. They find three other bugs (one for each branch, excluding the Lucians) and decide to destroy them. Amy figures out that the clue leads to William Shakespeare, so they go to a performance of Romeo and Juliet in The Globe Theatre. Once there, they confront the Starlings ('dressed like ninjas'), who are back in the Clue Hunt, Jonah Wizard, who has been forced by his mother to become involved again, Alistair Oh, the Holts, and Ian, Natalie and Isabel Kabra. Amy and Dan take part of the lead (which was ripped into pieces) and go to Stratford-upon-Avon, where Shakespeare was born. They are misled to Shakespeare's birthplace, but figure out that they must got to where he is buried. Amy and Dan goes to Shakespeare's grave. Dan and Amy arrived after their competition, excluding Isabel Kabra, Eisenhower and Mary-Todd Holt, and Cora Wizard, and are to find that they are, for once, are not quarelling and are instead making unsuccesful 'alliances' and exchanging clues.The teams leave the Cahills in the gravesite while bugging them. Amy and Dan were aware of that but communicated via paper. When Dan rubs Shakespeare's gravestone, he find an extra verse he finds out a hint to the hint of the location of the final serum. The other teams ask for Dan for some gravestone rubbings, convinced that he has found a lead. Dan only gives them the first verse. After leaving the gravesite, they reproach the gravesite again to collect the lead from Shakespeare's tomb. They find a ribbon in the grave and figure out that it they must go to Cahill Island, the Madrigals' stronghold.Meanwhile, the Starlings steal a digitized version of the ribbon from the grave's guardian, and the other teams simply use tracking devices on Amy and Dan. The two Cahills fly to Cahill Island, where they must work together with the other teams in order to get through the gauntlet, a maze of facts about the clues. Unfortunately, Isabel Kabra has already reached the center using explosives and entering the gauntlet backwards. Ian and Natalie reveal on the way to the center that they have tricked their mother, meaning that she will show no mercy. Finally, the teams are forced to give up their clues in order to save their loved ones. Isabel Kabra makes the final serum, but is foiled when she threatens to shoot Ned Starling. The teams unite at last and defeat Isabel, destroying the final serum in the process. The teams separate on amiable terms, and Amy and Dan stay behind with Fiske and Mr. McIntyre, who give them a letter from Grace. They then reveal that the entire Clue Hunt was just a preparation for the battle with another family (revealed in the book's secret message as the Vespers). Amy and Dan are left in the legal custody of both their Great-Uncle Fiske and Nellie, but it is made clear that their adventures is just beginning.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Dan Cahill: A nosy 11 year old with quick reflexes and a photographic memory.
  • Amy Cahill: A super-neat, really smart 14-year old girl who doesn't like crowds.
  • Nellie Gomez: Amy and Dan's au pair who can mysteriously flys planes and knows multiple languages
  • Ian Kabra: A Lucian. In the Hunt for the 39 clues. Son of Isabel Kabra, brother to Natalie Kabra.
  • Natalie Kabra: A Lucian. In the Hunt for the 39 clues. Daughter of Isabel Kabra, sister to Ian Kabra.
  • Isabel Kabra: A Lucian. Wife of Vikram Kabra, mother of Ian and Natalie, and obsessed with winning at any cost.
  • Jonah Wizard: Hip-Hop music artist. A Janus.
  • Alistar Oh: A Korean inventer. An Ekat
  • Sinead Starling: One of the Starling triplets. An Ekat
  • Ned Starling: One of the Starling triplets. An Ekat.
  • Ted Starling: One of the Starling triplets. An Ekat.
  • Bae Oh: Alistar's uncle. An Ekat
  • Fiske Cahill: A Madrigal. Helps Dan and Amy. Brother of Grace Cahill.
  • Eisenhower Holt: Father of the Holt family. A Tomas
  • Mary-Todd Holt: Mother of the Holt family. A Tomas
  • Hamilton Holt: Oldest son in the Holt family. A Tomas. Helps Amy and Dan
  • Reagan Holt: Twin daughter in the Holt family. A Tomas
  • Madison Holt: Twin daughter in the Holt family. A Tomas
  • William McInteryite: An attorney. A Madrigal
  • Alistair: An ekat. Bae Oh's nephew.
  • Mr. Mcintyre: This is the man who was hired or sent by Grace Cahill to assign the clue hunt and to watch over and keep progress of who was leading in the hun's clues.
  • Grace: Amy and Dan's Grandmother
  • Broderick: Father of Jonah Wizard. Follows Jonah around texting on blackberry.
  • William Shakespeare: This is the man who has written some of the most famous poems in the world and Amy and Dan had to have to learn his poems and use them to get valuable clues.
  • Lester: An innocent bystander
  • Juliet: Add a description of this character.
  • Olivia Cahill: Wife of Gideon Cahill; mother to the founders of the five Cahill branches. She, like all good mothers, just wanted her kids to get along.
  • Madeleine
  • Romeo
  • Saladin: Grace Cahill's cat, who now travels around the globe with Amy, Dan and Nellie. He likes red snapper.
  • Gideon
  • Beatrice: Amy and Dan's legal guardian and great-aunt, Grace Cahill's sister.
  • Irina Spasky: A Cahill of the Lucian branch; though she was formerly loyal to the Kabra family, she sacrificed herself to save Dan and Amy.
  • Cora Wizard: Jonah's mother, who is (like many Cahills) obsessed with winning at any cost.
  • Tomas
  • Mad
  • Madeline: Madrigal founder
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “I'm one of the biggest stars in the world, he told himself. More rocks fell down on him. And... I'm going to die in a place where nobody cares”
    Jonah Wizard

Setting & Locations edit see section history

England
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Organizations edit see section history

  • Cahills: The Cahill family has 4 branches fighting against each other(Ekaterina, Janus, Tomas, Lucian), and 1 branch trying to bring the family together(Madrigals)
  • Vespers: The enemies of the Cahills, but not a family. Not much is known about them...

First Sentence edit see section history

Amy and Dan forgot to look for bugs in London.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 10 of 12 in The 39 Clues. (standard series)

Preceded by Storm Warning, and followed by Vespers Rising.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Margaret Peterson Haddix (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-545-06050-9
Page Count: 327

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

The lexile is 660L, found at www.lexile.com.

More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • The Maze of Bones
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  • The Sword Thief
  • Beyond the Grave
  • The Black Circle
  • In Too Deep
  • The Viper's Nest
  • Storm Warning
  • The Black Book of Buried Secrets
  • Vespers Rising
  • The Medusa Plot
  • A King's Ransom
  • The Dead of Night
  • Shatterproof

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