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Author
Publisher
No Starch Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Teaches how to break encrypted texts, whether by hand or using free computer tools. Covers specific cryptographic techniques and includes real-life examples of encrypted text, from modern postcards to nineteenth-century newspaper ads, telegrams, notes smuggled into prisons, and entire encrypted books"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Darby Creek
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When Cody's younger sister disappears in Magicland, it is up to the Code Busters to solve puzzles and messages to find her. Back matter includes keys to the codes and solutions to the coded messages that appear throughout the text.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
" "You are to report to Station X at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, in four days time ... That is all you need to know." This was the terse telegram hundreds of young women throughout the British Isles received in the spring of 1941, as World War II raged. As they arrived at Station X, a sprawling mansion in a state of disrepair surrounded by Spartan-looking huts with little chimneys coughing out thick smoke-these young people had no idea what kind...
Author
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
On June 4, 1944, the course of World War II was forever changed. That day, a US Navy task force achieved the impossible--capturing German U-boat U-505. Called Operation Nemo, it was the first seizure of an enemy ship in battle since the War of 1812, one of the greatest achievements of the US Navy and a victory that shortened the duration of the war.
Author
Series
Code Busters Club volume case 10
Publisher
Darby Creek
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"They are ready to prove they are the best at solving codes after Matt the Brat forms his own club. The teachers put on a scavenger hunt throughout the school, and the group that can complete it first wins. But after beginning the hunt, the teachers start disappearing. Will the Code Busters be able to complete the scavenger hunt before Matt the Brat? And can they figure out the mystery of where the teachers have gone?"--
Author
Series
Code Busters Club volume case 9
Publisher
Darby Creek
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"It's Luke’s birthday and the group of friends are thrilled to be going to the Winchester Mystery House. They look forward to touring the mansion with over one hundred rooms, doors that lead to nowhere, and possible ghosts. But when the Code Busters search for a girl who’s lost in the mansion, they must avoid getting caught! Will the Code Busters be able to find the girl and avoid getting caught by the supposed security guard? Can you crack the...
Author
Series
Asha and Baz volume 3
Publisher
Common Deer Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In the third book in the Asha and Baz series, readers learn about secret codes and how to break them from World War II codebreaker Elizebeth Friedman! A secret code and a mysterious prize up for grabs at school prompts Asha and Baz to once more use their magic stick to travel to the past. This time they land in 1942, where they meet Elizebeth Friedman, a codebreaker working with the US Navy. She's the perfect person to help the kids with their codebreaking...
Author
Publisher
Clavis Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Charlotte likes cracking codes together with her great-grandmother. On her ninth birthday, she has to solve a few puzzles to find Nana's gift. Charlotte goes on a fun quest--and learns about her grandma's interesting past along the way"--
"Charlotte loves puzzles. On her ninth birthday, she receives a card from her great-grandmother, on which she finds a difficult code. Soon she embarks on a quest full of codes and riddles. While she tries to solve...
Author
Series
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
1940: Austrian refugee Karl Lang has lost everything--his country, his home, and his family. All that is left to him is a burning ambition to see the Nazis defeated. Desperate for work and a way to help the war effort, he finds the one place that will take a refugee like him; a supply steamer traversing a deadly path past enemy U-boats. Since their first meeting, Millie Stevens has felt an undeniable connection to Karl. As the war rages, she shares...
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"An inspiring graphic novel about Elizebeth Friedman, a codebreaking pioneer who changed the course of World War II. Nazi spy rings! No-good gangsters! Shakespearian lies! Discover the courageous woman who cracked all these cases and more-with only a pencil and paper. The youngest of ten siblings, Elizebeth Friedman stood out from an early age with brilliant language skills and a passion for English literature. Eventually, these talents led to a new...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From bestselling and award-winning author-illustrator Marissa Moss, praised for her accessible blend of narrative nonfiction with graphic novel-style chapter openers in The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner, comes another fascinating story of a groundbreaking woman in STEM. One of the founders of U.S. cryptology who would eventually become one of the world's greatest code breakers, Elizebeth Smith Friedman (1892-1980) was a brilliant...
Author
Series
NIST GCR volume 18-017
Publisher
U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English