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The Cipher

The Cipher

The Cipher
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The Cipher Hardback - 2015

by Ford, John C

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Viking Books for Young Readers. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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  • Title The Cipher
  • Author Ford, John C
  • Binding Hardback
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Viking Books for Young Readers
  • Publication date 2015-02
  • Bookseller's Inventory # K10N-00697
  • ISBN 9780670015429 / 0670015423
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.9 x 1.25 in (21.59 x 14.99 x 3.18 cm)
  • Age range 14 to 17 years
  • Grade levels 9 - 12
  • Reading level 780
  • Category Young Adult Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Adventure and adventurers, Adventure stories
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2014019432
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Reader reviews for The Cipher

From the publisher

"Ford's The Cipher is a thrill-a-minute ride. A very cool read."--David Baldacci

You think your emails are private?
Your credit card number is secure?
That stock trades, government secrets, and nuclear codes are safe?
...th1nk aga1n.

Robert "Smiles" Smylie is not a genius. He feels like he's surrounded by them, though, from his software mogul dad to his brainy girlfriend to his oddball neighbor Ben, a math prodigy. When Ben cracks an ancient, real-life riddle central to modern data encryption systems, he suddenly holds the power to unlock every electronic secret in the world--and Smiles finally has a chance to prove his own worth.

Smiles hatches a plan to protect Ben from the government agents who will stop at nothing to get their hands on his discovery. But as he races from a Connecticut casino to the streets of Boston, enlisting the help of an alluring girl, Smiles comes to realize the most explosive secrets don't lie between the covers of Ben's notebook--they're buried in his own past.

Eerily close to reality and full of shocking twists, this techno-thriller reveals how easily the private can become public, and just how dangerous it can be to encrypt our personal histories.

About the author

John C. Ford (johncfordbooks.com and @fordjohnc) is the author of The Morgue and Me, a YA take on the classic detective novel that was nominated for an Edgar Award and short-listed for five different state teen book awards. A former litigator who practiced in the nation's capital, he eventually returned to his love of writing fiction, and to his hometown outside Detroit, Michigan.
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