The Thirty-Nine Steps
by John Buchan

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Andy Dietrich
7th grader
Van Antwerp Middle School

Although it is a classic, The Thirty-Nine Steps was the first book of its kind, thriller. The story takes place in England, where we meet an ordinary man. One evening a strange man walks in to his apartment. He is given lodging and a fine dinner. The next morning the mysterious visitor is found skewered to the floor with a two foot dagger through his heart. He must escape England and bring the dead man's journal to an anti-war group in Scotland or a war group will take over Europe.


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