| York: The Shadow Cipher Library Edition Contributor(s): Ruby, Laura (Author), Verner, Adam (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1538420317 ISBN-13: 9781538420317 Publisher: Walden Pond Press OUR PRICE: $53.99 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Steampunk - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: York |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Locality - New York, N.Y. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "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 Review From 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). |
Contributor Bio(s): Ruby, Laura: - Laura Ruby is the author of books for adults, teens, and children, including the Printz Award-winning and National Book Award finalist Bone Gap, the Edgar-nominated mystery Lily's Ghosts, the Book Sense Pick Good Girls, and the acclaimed novels Play Me and Bad Apple. 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. Verner, Adam: -Adam Verner is a stage, film, television, and voice actor and an Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator. He holds a BS in theater arts from Bradley University and an MFA from Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. |