Flashpoint
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2014 · Est. 7 hour read

Flashpoint

By Gordon Korman

Book #4 in the The 39 Clues: Unstoppable series

A girl races against time to find a global antidote and stop a rising tyrant.

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224 pages· 48,797 words· Est. 7 hour read
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Amy Cahill has days to live, poisoned and desperate for a global antidote. But this cure is also the key to stopping J. Rutherford Pierce, a man on the verge of world domination. With her brother Dan, Amy must navigate a perilous quest, facing impossible odds. Can they thwart Pierce's rise to power, or will Amy's time run out first? The stakes are life, death, and the fate of the world.

From the publisher

FINAL HOURSTick tock. Fifteen-year-old Amy Cahill has only a few days to live. There’s a poison coursing through her, and her only chance is to collect ingredients for an antidote. Too bad the antidote’s ingredients are scattered around the world. And too bad that survival is by far Amy’s smallest problem.The antidote she needs is also the only thing capable of stopping a deadly enemy. J. Rutherford Pierce is on the brink of becoming the most powerful man in the world, and if he does, no one will be safe. Amy and her younger brother, Dan, will do everything it takes to bring Pierce down. Even if Amy must pay the ultimate price.

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
224
Words
48,797
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Juvenile Reader
Lexile
790L
Themes & topics
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The fine print

Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
5.8
F&P level
~S
AR points
8
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
169247
Publication
Published
August 26, 2014
First published
January 1, 2014
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780545521475

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