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Trust no one

When seven members of their family were kidnapped, thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, got ready for the fight of their lives. But their enemy, a terrifying group known as the Vespers, remained frustratingly elusive. They stay in the shadows, picking off Cahills one by one. And n...

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Main Author: Park, Linda Sue.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: London : Scholastic, 2012.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: 39 clues. Cahills vs. Vespers ; #05
Subjects:
Cahill, Amy > Juvenile fiction.
Cahill, Dan > (Fictitious character) > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Good and evil > Juvenile fiction.
Kidnapping > Juvenile fiction.
Traitors > Juvenile fiction.
Code and cipher stories > Juvenile.
Summary: When seven members of their family were kidnapped, thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, got ready for the fight of their lives. But their enemy, a terrifying group known as the Vespers, remained frustratingly elusive. They stay in the shadows, picking off Cahills one by one. And now the Vespers have landed their most serious blow yet - a blow that strikes at the very heart of the Cahill family. Because Amy and Dan discover that there's a Vesper mole in their innermost circle. Amy and Dan need to smoke out the traitor before the next hostage dies. They have just days to discover who has their back . . . and who wants to sink a knife into it.
Physical Description: 190 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. : + 6 game cards.
ISBN: 9780545298438 (hc.)
0545298431 (hc.)
Author Notes: Linda Sue Park was born in Urbana, Illinois on March 25, 1960. She received a B.A. in English from Stanford University. After graduating, she worked as a public-relations writer for a major oil company for two years. She obtained advanced degrees in literature from Trinity College, Dublin in Ireland and from the University of London. Before becoming a full-time author, she held numerous jobs including working for an advertising agency, teaching English as a second language to college students, and working as a food journalist. Her first book, Seesaw Girl, was published in 1999. Her other books include The Kite Fighters, Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems), and A Single Shard, which won the 2002 Newbery Medal. She also wrote Storm Warning, which is the ninth book in the 39 Clues series. Her title A Long Walk to Water made the New York Times bestseller list.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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