The Medusa Plot
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| Author | Gordon Korman |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Children's novel Adventure novel |
| Published | 2011 |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
| Pages | 222 |
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| Preceded by | Vespers Rising |
| Followed by | A King's Ransom |
The Medusa Plot is the first book in the Cahills vs. Vespers series. The book was written by Gordan Korman and released on August 30, 2011. The story picks up two years after the original series The 39 Clues and is about the Cahills' attempt to save members of their family that have been kidnapped by following the instructions given by Vesper One.
The code that appears between pages 39 and 61 reads "The mother was murdered."
The book starts out with the kidnappings of Fiske Cahill, Reagan Holt, Natalie Kabra, Nellie Gomez, Alistair Oh, Ted Starling, and Phoenix Wizard. Then jumping back to Dan and Amy waiting for the school bus. Once on the bus, the bus driver tells the kids to get off as a truck in front has blocked the path. Afterwards armed men try to kidnap Dan and Amy but fail and run away when Dan covers them with oil and threatens to burn them.
Once home William McIntyre informs Dan and Amy of the kidnappings that have happened. Then the two receive a phone that demands that they go to Florence, Italy by the next day or one of the kidnapped will die. The text is sent by an unknown Vesper One. At this time McIntyre talks about the Vesper Council of Six and how they wish to complete Damien Vesper's Dream. He also tells Amy to address the Cahill family to prevent panic. Amy asks Ian Kabra and Sinead Starling to stay at the comm center in Grace's house and keep Amy and Dan posted while they are in Florence.
Once in Florence, Dan and Amy receive another text telling them to steal the painting "Medusa" by Caravaggio located in the Uffizi. With the help of Hamilton Holt and Jonah Wizard, the group succeeds in stealing the painting and giving it to the Vespers. However the Vespers say that it is a fake, shoot Nellie (though not fatal) and demand that the real painting is found in 96 hours (4 days) or else there will be the death of one hostage. With this in mind the group begins to go through papers in which Hamilton finds out that the Uffizi was once cleared out and the "Medusa" left the building during that time. With this information the group deduces that the painting is likely to be with Gregor Tobin.
Amy sends a text to Tobin with photos of an Egyptian statue, saying that they would like to hear Tobin's opinion on it. Tobin says agrees, granting Dan and Amy access into his house. Inside they find the real "Medusa" and manage to steal it. Once safely away from Tobin, Amy sees that her phone has 20% battery left. She tells Ian and Sinead (back at Grace's house) about the problem asking them to get a new charger. Ian goes looking at a local shop and meets Amy's boyfriend Evan, identifies it as a DeOssie phone and that only very few people (among the military) have access to purchase it. With this info, Ian convinces Evan to come help the Cahills back at Grace's house citing the reason as "Amy needs you."
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