66 Kids Worldwide Win a Combined $8,150 -- Out of $125,000 Awarded Over Two-Year, 10-Book Hunt
NEW YORK, NY, Oct. 7, 2009 (Marketwire) --
NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 10/07/09 -- Hundreds and thousands of kids around the world have joined the hunt for "The 39 Clues(TM)", and today, Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children's publishing, education, and media company, is announcing the fourth round of cash prizes in The New York Times bestselling multi-media book series, totaling $8,150 and won by 66 lucky children. More than 660,000 kids have registered at www.the39clues.com to digitize cards, play games and earn points, and over the course of the two-year 10-book series, $125,000 in prizes will have been awarded. Kids ages 6-14 (as of December 31, 2008) can enter to join the hunt at anytime for the chance to win prizes at www.the39clues.com. (Prizes vary according to each country's rules.)*
Each of the adrenaline-charged books in the 10-book series offers kids an immersive reading and online experience that involves joining one of four branches of the Cahill family (Lucian, Ekaterina, Janus, or Tomas) -- the most powerful family in the world. Once part of the family, they can begin their hunt for "The 39 Clues," and have chances to win exciting prizes with each book release through the Book Sweepstakes, Online Mission Sweepstakes and Episode Contests **(see below for descriptions). The participant who finds all 39 Clues by the end of the series and discovers the Cahill secret has the chance to win the grand prize of $10,000 (US).
The fourth round of 66 winners has been selected from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore and India, and winners will receive cash prizes totaling $8,150. In addition, Australia has selected 39 more winners and will be awarding alternative prizing including an XBOX 360 and special The 39 Clues prizes.
