chapter • 496 Pages
The Shadow Cipher
Book #1

The Shadow Cipher

Written by Laura Ruby & illustrated by Dave Stevenson
10 - 13
Reading age
496
Page count
174
Words per page
May 16, 2017
Publication date
Paperback
$8.99
$8.58

Summary

“The pleasures of the novel go far beyond the crackling, breathless plot and the satisfaction of watching the puzzle fall into place. The book is shot through with humor, both laugh-out-loud and subtle.” –New York Times Book ReviewFrom National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner Laura Ruby comes an epic alternate history series about three kids who try to solve the greatest mystery of the modern world: a puzzle and treasure hunt laid into the very streets and buildings of New York City. It was 1798 when the Morningstarr twins arrived in New York with a vision for a magnificent city: towering skyscrapers, dazzling machines, and winding train lines, all running on technology no one had ever seen before.Fifty-seven years later, the enigmatic architects disappeared, leaving behind for the people of New York the Old York Cipher–a puzzle laid into the shining city they constructed, at the end of which was promised a treasure beyond all imagining. By the present day, however, the puzzle has never been solved, and the greatest mystery of the modern world is little more than a tourist attraction.Tess and Theo Biedermann and their friend Jaime Cruz live in a Morningstarr apartment–until a real estate developer announces that the city has agreed to sell him the five remaining Morningstarr buildings. Their likely destruction means the end of a dream long held by the people of New York.And if Tess, Theo, and Jaime want to save their home, they have to prove that the Old York Cipher is real. Which means they have to solve it.An epic mission to solve one of the greatest mysteries of their time. I loved this book. It is full of twists and turns (from the Brightly.com review, which named York: The Shadow Cipher one of the best books of 2017).

York Series

Published from 2017 - 2020
3 books
chapter • 496 Pages
The Shadow Cipher
Paperback
$8.99$8.58
chapter • 480 Pages
The Clockwork Ghost
Paperback
$8.99$8.58
chapter • 528 Pages
The Map of Stars
Paperback
$8.99$8.58
Year#TitlePages
20171The Shadow Cipher496
20192The Clockwork Ghost480
20203The Map of Stars528

The Creatives Behind the Books

    Author
    Laura Ruby

    Laura Ruby is the author of books for adults, teens, and children, including Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All and the Michael L. Printz Medal winner Bone Gap, both National Book Award finalists; the Edgar Award nominee Lily’s Ghosts; and the Book Sense Pick Good Girls as well as the first two books in the York Saga. She is on the faculty of Hamline University’s MFA in writing for children and young adults program and lives in the Chicago area. You can visit her online at www.lauraruby.com.

    Illustrator
    Dave Stevenson

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