The Secret Agent Training Manual: How to Make and Break Top Secret Messages: A Companion to the Jack and Max Stalwart Adventure

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Want to learn how to make and break TOP SECRET messages like a real spy? If so, this is the book for you! Inside are more than 80 pages of tips, tricks, and practice exercises for writing and deciphering cryptic communications. You'll learn how to make your own invisible ink, hide your messages, create unbreakable ciphers, and craft your own decoder gadgets. Even if you're not interested in becoming a secret agent, you can use this manual to learn how to exchange top secret notes with your friends. Ideal for children ages 8 - 12 years. Expanded and now republished in tandem with the new SECRET AGENTS JACK AND MAX STALWART series.

Elizabeth Singer Hunt is best known as the award-winning author of the SECRET AGENT JACK STALWART chapter book series for younger readers. The 14-book series has been named a 'must read' for boys by the British Education Secretary, serialized by BBC Radio, and featured on Virgin Atlantic Airways' international flights. Elizabeth lives in California with her husband and two children, and is an advocate for the Eco-Soap Bank, a public health nonprofit working to save lives in rural Cambodia.

Praise for The Secret Agent Training Manual: ...any readers with an interest in codes and ciphers should be intrigued by this accessible introduction. --Publishers Weekly Praise for the original Secret Agent Jack Stalwart series: Extremely exciting. --The Guardian Informative, action-packed, and great fun. --The Children's Book Review Kids looking for adventure series now have even more options... [SECRET AGENT JACK STALWART] is action-heavy... --Publishers Weekly The best element of the series are the geographic locations--from China to Italy--that readers get to explore while on the wild ride with [Jack Stalwart]. --Parent Map The[se] page-turners intrigue their intended audience with plot twists and exotic settings. --Florida Times-Union This page-turner series... takes readers on a wild adventure while they learn a bit about world history and geography. --Lincoln Journal-Star