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Books in CodeQuest series

  • Code Quest: Hieroglyphs - Solve the Mystery from Ancient Egypt

    Sean Callery

    Hardcover (Kingfisher, June 8, 2010)
    CodeQuest is a brand-new narrative non-fiction series that challenges the reader to solve historical mysteries. Each title presents a unique, interactive story in which the reader learns about historical codes, pictograms and symbols by completing various code-breaking tasks. A museum houses a splendid statue of a golden cat. It was once part of a pair... so where isits partner? A note inside the display case contains the first in a series of clues, and once it is deciphered, the adventure begins. The story spreads lead the reader from clue to clue, while information spreads form a perfect introduction to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphics
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  • Inca Gold: Solve the Mystery of the Golden Corn

    Sean Callery

    Hardcover (Kingfisher, Oct. 25, 2011)
    CodeQuest is a brand-new narrative nonfiction series that challenges the reader to solve historical mysteries. Each title presents a unique, interactive story in which the reader learns about historical codes, pictograms and symbols by completing various code-breaking tasks.After a visit to the food market, a young Peruvian girl discovers a golden cob of corn amongst her shopping bags. She returns to the market stall, but the stall holder has disappeared... Symbols printed on the golden corn lead our narrator into a quest to find the mysterious stall holder and discover why messages are being left for her, and what they could mean.
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  • CodeQuest: Hieroglyphs: Solve the Mystery from Ancient Egypt

    Sean Callery

    Hardcover (Kingfisher, June 8, 2010)
    CodeQuest is a brand-new narrative non-fiction series that challenges the reader to solve historical mysteries. Each title presents a unique, interactive story in which the reader learns about historical codes, pictograms and symbols by completing various code-breaking tasks. A museum houses a splendid statue of a golden cat. It was once part of a pair... so where isits partner? A note inside the display case contains the first in a series of clues, and once it is deciphered, the adventure begins. The story spreads lead the reader from clue to clue, while information spreads form a perfect introduction to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphics
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  • Inca Gold: Solve the Mystery of the Golden Corn

    Sean Callery

    Hardcover (Kingfisher, Oct. 25, 2011)
    CodeQuest is a brand-new narrative nonfiction series that challenges the reader to solve historical mysteries. Each title presents a unique, interactive story in which the reader learns about historical codes, pictograms and symbols by completing various code-breaking tasks. After a visit to the food market, a young Peruvian girl discovers a golden cob of corn amongst her shopping bags. She returns to the market stall, but the stall holder has disappeared... Symbols printed on the golden corn lead our narrator into a quest to find the mysterious stall holder and discover why messages are being left for her, and what they could mean.
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