INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Dee, Barbara

Solving Zoe

(4) 4-6 Sixth grader Zoe, who feels overshadowed by her more interesting family members, is floundering at her school for the gifted. When Lucas, a cryptanalytic prodigy, discovers Zoe's ability to read ciphers, he pushes her to examine herself and her place at school. Though some of the secondary characters are annoyingly larger-than-life, Zoe is sympathetic. An explanation of ciphers and their keys is appended. Bib.

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