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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Lucas's father has recently died in Afghanistan, and to help him cope, his grandmother sends him to Camp Kawani, a camp for kids who have lost a parent. While there, he hears about the local legend of Thomas Jefferson Beale. Beale supposedly hid a hoard of gold in the mountains 200 years before. The location is encrypted in a set of codes no one has ever been able to decipher. When Lucas and his newfound friends decide to track down the treasure,...
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English
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This title examines the Native American servicemen known as the code talkers, focusing on their role in coded communication during World War II including developing the codes, their training, and their work in war zones. Narrative text, historical photographs, and primary sources assist the reader in report writing.
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English
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"A hands-on guide to introduce kids to the fascinating world of secret codes and ciphers, CODE CRACKING FOR KIDS explores many aspects of cryptology, including famous people who used and invented codes and ciphers, such as Julius Caesar and Thomas Jefferson; codes used during wars, including the Enigma machine, whose cracking helped the Allies gather critical information on German intelligence in World War II; and work currently being done by the...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
243 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"Geniuses at War is the dramatic, untold story of the brilliant team who built the world's first digital electronic computer at Bletchley Park, during a critical time in World War II. Decoding the communication of the Nazi high command was imperative for the success of the Allied invasion of Normandy. The Nazi missives were encrypted by the "Tunny" cipher, a code that was orders of magnitude more difficult to crack than the infamous Enigma code. But...
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Publisher
Dorrance Publishing Co
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
xii, 170 p. illus. 22 cm.
Language
English
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Chronicles the development of the Navajo "code talker" program used by the U.S. to fight the Japanese in the Second World War, and describes the experiences of code talkers in action in the Pacific.
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
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376 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Kit Sutherland moves to Washington, DC, to work as a codebreaker at Arlington Hall, but when she stumbles onto a bloody homicide scene, she joins forces with other female codebreakers to find the person killing government girls.
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Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2009]
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4 videodiscs (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guidebook (iv, 127 pages ; 22 cm).
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English
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"Quantum mechanics gives us a picture of the world that is so radically counterintuitive that it has changed our perspective on reality itself, raising profound questions about concepts such as cause and effect, measurement, and information. Despite its seemingly mysterious nature, quantum mechanics has a broad range of applications in fields such as chemistry, computer science, and cryptography. Quantum Mechanics gives you the logical tools to grasp...
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