Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing (Booklist Editor's Choice. Books for Youth (Awards))
Language: English
Published by Candlewick Press, Cambridge, Mass, 2004
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Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing by Paul B. Janeczko. Illustrated by Jenna LaReau. Candlewick Press, 2004 — First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket Book Condition / Dust Jacket Condition • Book: Near Fine; Clean, sharp first-printing hardcover copy with only minimal shelfwear. Binding tight and square; boards clean; pages clean and unmarked. Full number line present. • Dust Jacket: Near Fine ; - Bright, attractive dust jacket with light handling wear only and one small closed tear. (see photos) A lively juvenile nonfiction guide to codes, ciphers, invisible ink, secret writing, concealment methods, and famous code-related stories from history. A strong first-printing hardcover copy for readers interested in cryptography, puzzles, spycraft, and hands-on educational nonfiction.
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- Title
- Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing (Booklist Editor's Choice. Books for Youth (Awards))
- Author
- Janeczko, Paul B.
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press, Cambridge, Mass
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0763609714
- ISBN 13
- 9780763609719
- Illustrator
- Jenna La Reau
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 560 grams
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Do you know the difference between a code and a cipher? Can you tell a St. Cyr slide from a Cardano grille? Did you know that a substitution cipher caused Mary Queen of Scots to lose her head? Don’t look now, but packed into this practical field guide is everything a young person needs to know about the art of concealment — making and breaking codes, mastering cipher systems, and experimenting with secret writing. Offering plenty of hands-on practice sessions, tips for creating a code-making kit, sidebars on secret codes in history, and an amusing pair of spies to illustrate techniques, Paul B. Janeczko’s tantalizing TOP SECRET won’t stay a secret for long.
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About the Author
Jenna LaReau is a graduate of the Parsons School of Design in New York. TOP SECRET is her first book with Candlewick Press. She lives in Massachusetts, where she works as an illustrator and designer.
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