They turn all their focus and energy to new kid at school, Victor Phoenix, who transferred there after being bullied and teased at his old school. Except it backfires and all his friends sort of dump him for most of the book because he's now acting just as bad as Darren. So he thinks up a way to get back at Darren by turning it around and pulling a great con on him. In the previous book Jackpot, Griffin Bing, the Man with a Plan, is sick and tired of being constantly harassed and conned out of things by fellow student and bully Darren Vader. I'll admit that not everyone is going to read the whole series all at once like I did and may not notice this glaring admission, but I'm sure there are plenty of kids who will be scratching their heads and saying, "what happened to that kid from the last book that's now part of the team? Where'd he go? But when he introduced a character in book #6, Jackpot, who became a big part of the team of kids that have been together since the first book, then somehow forgot he ever existed in the book #7, well I've got a big problem with that. I thoroughly enjoyed his latest book Masterminds and all the books he's written for the 39 Clues series. I think he's a great middle grade author. Or rather lack of continuity, as in none at all. Why did I give this 7th book in the series only 1 star when I gave the first 6 books 3 stars? Continuity.
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