City of the Dead
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2023 · Est. 9 hour read

City of the Dead

By James Ponti

Book #4 in the City Spies series

Young spies unravel cyberattacks, uncovering deeper mysteries in Cairo.

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389 pages· 64,219 words· Est. 9 hour read
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Kat, a logic-loving young spy, leads her team to Cairo after cyberattacks hit London. As they decode messages in the City of the Dead, they uncover a complex web involving high-level intelligence. Can they solve the mystery before it's too late?

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In this fourth installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies go codebreaking in Cairo in another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls. Codename Kathmandu, better known as Kat, loves logic and order, has a favorite eight-digit number, and can spot a pattern from a mile away. So when a series of cyberattacks hits key locations in London while the spies are testing security for the British Museum, it’s clear that Kat’s skill for finding reason in what seems like randomness makes her the perfect candidate to lead the job. And while the team follows the deciphered messages to Egypt and the ancient City of the Dead to discover who is behind the attacks and why, Kat soon realizes that there’s another layer to the mystery. With more players, more clues, and involving higher levels of British Intelligence than ever before, this mission is one of the most complex that the group has faced to date. And it’s also going to bring about a change to the City Spies…

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
389
Words
64,219
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
760L
Themes & topics
Books about codes, ciphers and puzzlesBooks about spiesBooks about familyBooks about teamworkBooks about heists
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~4.9
F&P level
~R
Publication
Published
February 7, 2023
Publisher
Aladdin
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781665911573

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