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The Unbreakable Code

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

20171 pagesabout 5–10 minutes
2017
first published
  • 2017Henry Holt and Company · 368 pagesISBN 9781627791168
  • 2018Square Fish · ENGISBN 9781536438635
  • 2017Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing · 1 pagesISBN 9781664449558
  • 2017Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) · 368 pagesISBN 9781627796613
  • 2017Recorded BooksISBN 9781501973482
  • 2018Square Fish · 384 pagesISBN 9781250158390
  • 2018Turtleback Books · 384 pagesISBN 9780606410922

Mr. Quisling is definitely up to something mysterious and Emily and James are on high alert. First there's a coded note he drops at the book event. Then Emily and James uncover a trail of encrypted messages in books by Mark Twain hidden through Book Scavenger. What's most suspicious is that each hidden book triggers and arson. As the sleuthing friends dig deeper, they discover Mr. Quisling has been hunting a legendary historical puzzle: the unbreakable code. The new mystery is irresistible, but Emily and James can't ignore the signs that Mr. Quisling might be the arsonist. The clock is ticking, the fires multiplying, while Emily and James race to crack the code of a lifetime.

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesJustice

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