Can You Crack the Code?: A Fascinating History of Ciphers and Cryptography
Ella Schwartz, illustrated by Lily Williams
This nonfiction book surveys codes and ciphers from antiquity through the present. It explains how coded messages work and recounts their use in hidden-treasure stories, wartime operations, and modern hacking. Sidebars offer activities for decoding messages and creating secret ones, while illustrations and back matter accompany the historical material. The book also presents examples that readers can interact with as they explore its subject.
This book appears on 3 reading lists across 3 editions from 3 organizations.
