Code Busters Book Report

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Cody, Quinn, Luke, and M.E. may be really different, but they all share one thing in common: they love playing around with codes. In fact, they love codes so much, they have their own private club, with a super-secret hideout and passwords that change every single day. These exciting interactive mysteries by Penny Warner offer multiple codes for readers to decipher, including cryptography, Morse code, finger spelling, and flag semaphore. Readers can challenge their brains with the Code Busters and solve the mystery along with them.
One night Cody and Quinn notice what could be a code on the window of a nearby house, the one owned by their strange neighbor, the guy they call Skeleton Man. The next morning they awaken to find the neighbor’s house on fire. The Code Busters are involved on the case—and nothing stop them from solving the mystery and finding the secret treasure that seems to be the cause of it all.
This book is appropriate for grade four to six. The characters in the book show how children of this age act. They are seeking more privacy and independence, but they still need their parents to be involved and to set boundaries. They crave for freedom and want to be with their friends. At this age, children start to
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The information includes code names, descriptions, and special skills. The table of contents allows readers to participate in decoding. Students learn American Sign Language finger spellings by constantly decoding the chapters. The Code Busters Club is interactive and makes students engaged in the book. Readers will be actively uncovering the clues and solving the puzzles. The readers has a feeling of accomplishment, readers will walk away equipped with a new set of skills and tools that they will find useful. They can pass notes at school with their

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