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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Codes can carry big secrets! Throughout history, lots of good guys and lots of bad guys have used codes to keep their messages under wraps. This fun and flippable nonfiction features stories of hidden treasures, war-time maneuverings, and contemporary hacking as well as explaining the mechanics behind the codes in accessible and kid friendly forms. Sidebars call out activities that invite the reader to try their own hand at cracking and crafting...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2003], c2001
Language
English
Description
Examines the evolution of codes and their impact on history, looking at key turning points in the development of codes, and explains why codes are relevant in the modern world, discussing the role of encryption in everyday life.
Author
Series
William Sandberg novels volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 2
Language
English
Description
The highly-anticipated Book 2 of the #1 bestselling The 39 Clues series.THIS JUST IN! Amy and Dan Cahill were spotted on a train, hot on the trail of one of 39 Clues hidden around the world. BUT WAIT! Police report a break-in at an elite hotel, and the suspects ALSO sound suspiciously like Amy and Dan. UPDATE! Amy and Dan have been seen in a car . . . no, in a speedboat chase . . . and HOLD EVERYTHING! They're being chased by an angry mob?!?...
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
One belief has sustained fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, on their hunt for the 39 Clues: They are the good guys. But then a shocking discovery about their parents shatters everything Amy and Dan think they know, dividing the two siblings for the first time ever. When Dan disappears in a country of more than a billion people, Amy has to make a terrible choice - find the next Clue . . . or find her younger brother.
12) The double helix
Author
Series
Explorer Academy volume 1
Publisher
Under the Stars/National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: The adventure continues for Cruz, Emmett, Sailor, and Bryndis as they continue their studies at sea and travel to exotic locations around the world. A mysterious person alerts Cruz to impending danger while he and a few trusted pals explore ancient ruins in Petra, Jordan, and search for another piece of the puzzle his mother left behind. Worst of all, now his father has gone missing, which prompts Aunt Marisol, his number one...
13) In too deep
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amy and Dan Cahill travel to Australia to figure out what their own parents knew about the object of their quest, but their search brings back terrible memories for Amy and endangers a secret ally.
Author
Series
Ruby Redfort volume 5
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old genius and undercover agent Ruby Redfort finds herself dealing with poisonous rumors floating around the community of Twinford that compel her to brush up on her martial arts skills.
15) Inferno: a novel
Author
Series
Robert Langdon novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces: Dante's Inferno. Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science.
17) The finisher
Author
Series
Vega Jane volume 1
Language
English
Description
Vega Jane lives in the imaginary Wormwood. Everyone who lives there is told there is no way out, but Vega's mentor Quentin Herms disappears and sends her a secret message that he has found a way out.
Author
Series
William Wenton volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Code-breaking genius William Wenton returns to the Institute for Post-Human Research in hopes of discovering why the intelligent metal luridium in his body seems to be causing seizures, but while there he encounters secrets, increased security, and threats from an enemy he thought was frozen in the basement.
19) Fish
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Fish, seeking a way to help his family financially, becomes a reluctant cabin boy on a pirate ship, where he soon makes friends--and enemies--and is asked to help decipher clues that might lead to a legendary treasure.
Author
Series
Book scavenger volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Mr. Quisling is definitely up to something mysterious, and Emily and James are on high alert. First, there's the coded note he drops at a book event. Then, they uncover a trail of encrypted messages in Mark Twain-penned books hidden through Book Scavenger. What's most suspicious is that each hidden book triggers an arson fire. As the sleuthing friends dig deeper, they discover Mr. Quisling has been hunting a legendary historical...
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