York: the Shadow Cipher Paperback - 2018
by Laura Ruby
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
From National Book Award finalist Ruby ("Bone Gap") comes the first book in 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.
A$10.67
Free Delivery within USA
Standard delivery: 4 to 8 days
More delivery options
Standard delivery: 4 to 8 days
Details
- Title York: the Shadow Cipher
- Author Laura Ruby
- Binding Paperback
- Condition Used - Very good
- Pages 496
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date 2018
- Features Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0062306944I4N00
- ISBN 9780062306944 / 0062306944
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 7.69 x 5.13 x 1.13 in (19.53 x 13.03 x 2.87 cm)
- Age range 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 780
-
Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Locality: New York, N.Y.
- Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Library of Congress subjects Brothers and sisters, New York (N.Y.)
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
- Quantity available 3
About ThriftBooks Washington, United States
Biblio member since 2018
From the largest selection of used titles, we put quality, affordable books into the hands of readers
Reader reviews for York: the Shadow Cipher
Write a review for this book
Important Terms and Guidelines
- Please focus on the book’s content and context. Also, add any personal comments as to how you enjoyed the book. Substantiate your likes and dislikes. You may make comparisons to other books.
- Reviews must be at least 140 characters in length.
- Please do not reveal critical plot elements.
- This is not a help line. Contact customer support if you need help.
Your review must not include:
- Obscenities, discriminatory language, or other insulting language not suitable for public domain
- Advertisements, “spam” content, or references to other products, offers or websites.
- Email addresses, URLs, phone numbers, physical addresses or other contact information.
- Overly critical comments about other reviews or reviewers
- Time-sensitive material (i.e. promotional tours, seminars, lectures, etc.)
- Availability, price, or alternative ordering/shipping information
From the publisher
From the rear cover
From National Book Award finalist Laura Ruby comes a visionary epic set in a New York City at once familiar and wholly unexpected.
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.
