Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing (Booklist Editor's Choice. Books for Youth (Awards))

Janeczko, Paul B.

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ISBN 10: 0763609714 ISBN 13: 9780763609719

Published by Candlewick Press, Cambridge, Mass, 2004

Language: English

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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))
Publisher: Candlewick Press, Cambridge, Mass
Publication Date: 2004
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0763609714
ISBN 13: 9780763609719
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Jenna La Reau
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Weight: 560 grams

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Pssst! Inside these TOP SECRET files is everything sneaky young agents need to know about making-and breaking-their own secret codes.

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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Paul B. Janeczko is a poet and teacher and has edited numerous anthologies for young people, including A POKE IN THE I: A COLLECTION OF CONCRETE POEMS; VERY BEST (ALMOST) FRIENDS: POEMS OF FRIENDSHIP; and SEEING THE BLUE BETWEEN: ADVICE AND INSPIRATION FOR YOUNG POETS. He is also the author of LOADS OF CODES and SECRET CIPHERS.

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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