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Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing
136 pp.
| Candlewick |
May, 2004 |
TradeISBN 0-7636-0971-4$$16.99
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Jenna LaReau.
Janeczko provides an agreeable grab-bag of codes, ciphers, and recipes for invisible ink. The humorously illustrated book offers plenty of opportunities for practice in making--and breaking--codes, and solutions to the practice puzzles are provided at the back as is a short reading list. Ind.