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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Presents a guide to codemaking, codebreaking, and their role in history, describing different types of codes and ciphers, discussing codebreaking and concealment techniques, and including brief stories about exciting moments in the history of the art.
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother Dan thought they could return to their regular lives when they found the 39 clues. But the Vespers, powerful enemies, will stop at nothing to get the clues. And with the Vespers rising, the world is in jeopardy.
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
The shadow of the man in black has followed fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother Dan on their worldwide search for 39 Clues that lead to a great power. The man has tried to kill them and he is a Madrigal, as were their parents. And now the man is ready to step out of the darkness for their final confrontation.
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 10
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Throughout the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan Cahill have uncovered history's greatest mysteries and their family's deadliest secrets. But are they ready to face the truth about the Cahills and the key to their unmatched power? After a whirlwind race that's taken them across five continents, Amy and Dan face the most difficult challenge yet -- a task no Cahill dared to imagine. When faced with a choice that could change the future of the world,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An exploration of how codes-both cipher and aesthetic-have come to exist in history from Pythagoras through the Knights Templar to Turing and more.
Did the Masons encode messages in walls-and even in the street plan of Washington, D.C.? Does the Hebrew Bible conceal hidden mysteries? Ingenious methods for encoding secrets have taken many amazing turns through the ages, from the military signals the Romans flashed from hilltop to hilltop, to the computer...
12) Beyond the grave
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
A Clue found in Book 3 sends Amy and Dan jetting off to find out just what's behind the fierce rivalry between the Tomas and Ekaterina branches of the Cahill family. Was a Clue stolen from the Tomas branch? Where is it now? And most important, can Amy and Dan get their hands on it before their rivals do?
Author
Series
Secret box books volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jax and Ethan must decode an ancient Greek cipher to uncover the location of two magical urns before the urns are used to remove all faith and love from the world.
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
As they continue their search for the 39 Clues in China, fourteen-year-old Amy is faced with a terrible dilemma when her eleven-year-old brother Dan suddenly disappears--keep on searching for the next Clue or try to find her brother.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 15
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The world's most famouse painting is hiding a big secret! An X-ray of the Mona Mousa reveals a strange riddle. Solving the clues takes Geronimo to the most dangerous parts of the city. But facing the fur-raising rollercoasters and vicious octopuses will all be worth it for the amazing treasure at the end. Won't it?
Author
Series
Trixie Belden volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
While preparing for a fund-raiser antique show, Trixie and the other members of the Bob-Whites discover a secret code in the pages of an old magazine in the attic.
20) The viper's nest
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
Shaken by a shocking loss, Amy and Dan flee to an exotic land and trace the footsteps of their most formidable ancestor yet: a military leader of mythic proportions.
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