The Sword Thief

The Sword Thief

The Sword Thief
Author	Peter Lerangis
Language	English
Series	The 39 Clues
Genre	Children's novel Adventure novel
Publisher	Scholastic
Publication date	March 3, 2009
Publication place	United States United Kingdom Canada
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	160 pp
ISBN	978-0-545-06043-1
OCLC	298374079
Preceded by	One False Note
Followed by	Beyond the Grave

The Sword Thief is the third book in The 39 Clues series. It was written by Peter Lerangis and was published by Scholastic on March 3, 2009. The Sword Thief follows the first two books in the series, The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan and One False Note by Gordon Korman.

Plot summary

The book starts with Dan and Amy in a Venice airport. There, Ian and Natalie Kabra steal their plane tickets and board a plane where their au pair, Nellie who is already on the plane. Then, Amy and Dan are then forced to team up with Alistair Oh and fly with him on his private plane to Japan. Together they learn about Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the greatest warrior in the history of Japan, and the son of the first Tomas. The Holts kidnapped Amy, Dan, and Alistair and threatened them into helping them find the next clue.

They are pulled into a room by Alistair after nearly being killed by the train. In this room, they find a haiku, which tells them to use geometry to find Hideyoshi's treasure. Later, they find some geometric shapes, but are chased by the Yakuza and are once again nearly killed. They are rescued by Nellie, who has struck a deal with, and is accompanied by, the Kabras. When the Kabras give Amy and Dan a small coin of importance to the search, the two Cahills agree to join forces with the Kabras. They decode another message in the shapes, and some English letters. The message tells them to go to Korea.

In Korea, everyone goes to Alistair's home. There, they look at old books about the Cahill family in Alistair's secret library. By reading one of them, Amy and Dan figure out that the secret of the 39 Clues is the ability to make gold out of lead. They also figure out that they should go to a mountain called Pukhansan.

In the mountain, they find an entrance, and open it with the coin they have. Inside, they find all of Hideyoshi's treasure, and the third clue, gold. The Kabras had a plan; Ian should pretend to like Amy, as they saw that she liked him, as a distraction. The two Cahills take the bait. The Kabras then betray them and block them inside the cave. But as Ian is leaving, Amy sees doubt in his expression, but she does not know that he was actually not pretending to like her. It is stated that he thinks she is "lovely." Dan and Amy make it out but Alistair appears to be crushed under falling rocks. They also see Bae Oh talking about this with The Man in Black. Upon returning to Alistair's estate, Dan sees Alistair's gloves (which he was wearing before the cave in), and realizes that he isn't dead. They also figure out that the next clue is in Egypt.

The book ends with Alistair Oh talking to Bae Oh (his uncle) and when Bae looks for Alistair, he is gone.

Trivia

Jonah Wizard didn't appear in this book.

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External links

• Scholastic 39 Clues books page