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Enigma : a magical mystery by Base, Graeme.;
When Bertie the badger visits his grandfather at a retirement home for magicians, he learns that his grandfather's rabbit, Enigma, has disappeared along with everyone's magical things, and the reader is invited to help break a code to find the items hidden throughout the book. Includes a built-in decoder.Reading level :
Subjects: Magicians; Theft; Grandfathers -- Fiction; Badgers -- Fiction; Rabbits -- Fiction; Picture puzzles.; Stories in rhyme; Code and cipher stories;
© 2008, Abrams Books for Young Readers,
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Sam the Man & the cell phone plan / by Dowell, Frances O'Roark.; Bates, Amy June.;
Second-grader Sam Graham wants a cell phone to do research and share information but when his parents say no, he devises a new plan that starts a fad at school.LSC
Subjects: Graham, Sam (Fictitious character from Dowell); Notebooks; Code and cipher stories.; Schools; Cell phones; Family life;
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The rose code : a novel / by Quinn, Kate,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla is the girl who has everything--beauty, wealth, and the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses--but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl, and puts her fluent German to use as a translator of decoded enemy secrets. Imperious self-made Mab, product of east-end London poverty, works the legendary codebreaking machines as she conceals old wounds and looks for a socially advantageous husband. Both Osla and Mab are quick to see the potential in local village spinster Beth, whose shyness conceals a brilliant facility with puzzles, and soon Beth spreads her wings as one of the Park's few female cryptanalysts. But war, loss, and the impossible pressure of secrecy will tear the three apart ... 1947. As the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip whips post-war Britain into a fever, three friends-turned-enemies are reunited by a mysterious encrypted letter--the key to which lies buried in the long-ago betrayal that destroyed their friendship and left one of them confined to an asylum. A mysterious traitor has emerged from the shadows of their Bletchley Park past, and now Osla, Mab, and Beth must resurrect their old alliance and crack one last code together. But each petal they remove from the rose code brings danger--and their true enemy--closer"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; Great Britain. Government Communications Headquarters; Cryptographers; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Female friendship; Code and cipher stories;
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The rose code : a novel / by Quinn, Kate,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla is the girl who has everything--beauty, wealth, and the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses--but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl, and puts her fluent German to use as a translator of decoded enemy secrets. Imperious self-made Mab, product of east-end London poverty, works the legendary codebreaking machines as she conceals old wounds and looks for a socially advantageous husband. Both Osla and Mab are quick to see the potential in local village spinster Beth, whose shyness conceals a brilliant facility with puzzles, and soon Beth spreads her wings as one of the Park's few female cryptanalysts. But war, loss, and the impossible pressure of secrecy will tear the three apart ... 1947. As the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip whips post-war Britain into a fever, three friends-turned-enemies are reunited by a mysterious encrypted letter--the key to which lies buried in the long-ago betrayal that destroyed their friendship and left one of them confined to an asylum. A mysterious traitor has emerged from the shadows of their Bletchley Park past, and now Osla, Mab, and Beth must resurrect their old alliance and crack one last code together. But each petal they remove from the rose code brings danger--and their true enemy--closer"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; Great Britain. Government Communications Headquarters; Cryptographers; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Female friendship; Code and cipher stories;
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The rose code [sound recording] : a novel / by Quinn, Kate,author.; Maarleveld, Saskia,narrator.; Harper Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Saskia Maarleveld."1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla is the girl who has everything--beauty, wealth, and the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses--but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl, and puts her fluent German to use as a translator of decoded enemy secrets. Imperious self-made Mab, product of east-end London poverty, works the legendary codebreaking machines as she conceals old wounds and looks for a socially advantageous husband. Both Osla and Mab are quick to see the potential in local village spinster Beth, whose shyness conceals a brilliant facility with puzzles, and soon Beth spreads her wings as one of the Park's few female cryptanalysts. But war, loss, and the impossible pressure of secrecy will tear the three apart ... 1947. As the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip whips post-war Britain into a fever, three friends-turned-enemies are reunited by a mysterious encrypted letter--the key to which lies buried in the long-ago betrayal that destroyed their friendship and left one of them confined to an asylum. A mysterious traitor has emerged from the shadows of their Bletchley Park past, and now Osla, Mab, and Beth must resurrect their old alliance and crack one last code together. But each petal they remove from the rose code brings danger--and their true enemy--closer"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; Great Britain. Government Communications Headquarters; Code and cipher stories; Cryptographers; Female friendship; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Into the gauntlet / by Haddix, Margaret Peterson.;
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Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Cahill, Amy; Cahill, Dan (Fictitious character); Brothers and sisters; Orphans; Quests (Expeditions); Family secrets; Buried treasure; Code and cipher stories;
© c2010., Scholastic Inc.,
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Vespers rising / by Riordan, Rick.;
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Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Code and cipher stories.; Brothers and sisters; Orphans; Family secrets; Quests (Expeditions);
© 2011., Scholastic Inc.,
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The stars below / by Baldacci, David.;
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Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Code and cipher stories.; Jane, Vega (Fictitious character); Women heroes; Magicians; Magic; Good and evil;
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The map of stars / by Ruby, Laura.;
Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Code and cipher stories.; Alternative histories (Fiction); Adventure fiction.; Treasure troves; Friendship;
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Outbreak / by London, C. Alexander.;
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Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Code and cipher stories.; Cahill, Amy; Cahill, Dan (Fictitious character); Hindenburg (Airship); Brothers and sisters; Traitors; Families;
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