The Unbreakable Code - The Library of the Uncommons

library binding, 384 pages

Published May 22, 2018 by Turtleback Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-606-41092-2

(1 review)

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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Christina reviewed The Unbreakable Code by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Review of 'The Unbreakable Code' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I enjoyed at least as much as The Book Scavenger. Many characters from the first book undergo growth from the first adventure to the second. The kids arrive at puzzle solutions in a credible thinking process and timeline; they develop enough psychological maturity to detect that adults are indeed flawed and complicated; they show creativity. Different, lesser traveled explorations of San Francisco's history and geography (including, to my great delight, a local dessert I can find in a supermarket's freezer case hundreds of miles away) make this a highly rated read.