Why am I passionate about this?
To me, curiosity is an essential ingredient for a well-lived life. I love to ask questions and spent years collecting odd, weird, and intriguing facts and studying outdoor survival, art history, historical puzzles, and poetry to write Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe. Curiosity also led me to found Outdoorosity.org as a free resource for information and inspiration about nature and to research ways that time in nature increases focus and creativity. One of my favorite parts of being an author is visiting with students and exploring things that they are curious about. Curiosity keeps life interesting for us all.
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Why did Jo love this book?
I love how The Maze of Bones, the first in a set of series written by acclaimed and award-winning children’s authors, transports readers across the globe to explore historical connections that still resonate today. The book takes readers along with sister and brother Amy and Dan Cahill as they compete against talented and treacherous members of their own family to try to solve a series of thirty-nine clues that will make the finders “the most powerful, influential human beings on the planet.”
I admire how The Maze of Bones explores the complex connections among family and across time and weaves in real-life historical figures such as Benjamin Franklin and lesser-known facts such as that Franklin used the pseudonym Richard Saunders to publish Poor Richard’s Almanac. The Maze of Bones takes readers from Boston to Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute and Independence Hall and to the catacombs of Paris and it…
1 author picked The Maze of Bones as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 9, 10, 11, and 12.
What would happen if you discovered that your family was one of the most powerful in human history? What if you were told that the source of the family's power was hidden around the world in the form of 39 clues? What if you were given a choice - take a million dollars and walk away ...or get the first clue and begin the search? At the reading of their grandmother's will, Dan and Amy are given this choice - and they take the clue. Immediately, they are caught in a dangerous race against their own family members. The hunt…