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Author Janeczko, Paul B.

Title Top secret : a handbook of codes, ciphers, and secret writing / Paul B. Janeczko ; illustrated by Jenna LaReau.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2004.
Location Call No. Status
 Naper Blvd. Juvenile Nonfiction  J 652.8 JAN    AVAILABLE
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Description 136 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG 7.3 3 74915
Note Accelerated Reader MG 7.3 3 74915
Awards A Junior Library Guild selection.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 129) and index.
Summary A handbook for the budding cryptographer including codes and ciphers, invisible inks, concealment techniques, spy stories and some history.
Contents Nonsecret codes -- Book code -- Dictionary code -- Codetalking -- Pig Latin -- Turkish Irish -- Caesar cipher -- St. Cyr slide -- Keyboard cipher -- Morse code -- Semaphore -- Pigpen cipher -- Rosicrucian cipher -- Date shift cipher -- Greek square cipher -- Greek skytale -- Rail fence cipher -- Route transposition cipher -- Codebreaking -- Early concealment techniques -- Null cipher -- Cardano grille -- Word grille -- Space code -- Playing card code -- Dot cipher -- Line cipher -- Zigzag cipher -- Invisible inks -- Codemkers and codebreakers Hall fo Fame.
Subject Cryptography -- Juvenile literature.
Ciphers -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author LaReau, Jenna, illustrator.
ISBN 0763609714
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