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Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing

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“The writer’s upbeat, positive tone is refreshing and his enthusiasm about his topic is contagious.” — SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review)

Pssst! Are you aware the difference between a code and a cipher? Are you able to tell a St. Cyr slide from a Cardano grille? Were you aware that the invention of a substitution cipher caused Mary Queen of Scots to lose her head? Don’t look now, but packed into this practical field guide is the whole thing a teenager needs to understand concerning the art of concealment – making and breaking codes, mastering cipher systems, and experimenting with secret writing. Offering quite a lot 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.
Back matter includes suggestions for further reading, an writer’s note, an answer key, and an index.

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