{"product_id":"chester-keene-cracks-the-code-9781524715991","title":"Chester Keene Cracks the Code","description":"\u003cb\u003eCracking the code isn't all it's cracked up to be in this scavenger hunt adventure from a Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Delivers a truly fresh mystery -- along with a heist, some heartbreak, some unforgettable characters and plenty of laser tag.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChester Keene takes great comfort in his routines. Afterschool Monday to Thursday is bowling, and Friday, the best of days, is laser tag! But Chester has one other very special thing--he gets secret spy messages from his dad, who \u003ci\u003emust\u003c\/i\u003e be on covert government assignments, which is why Chester has never met him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen one day, Chester's classmate, Skye, approaches him with a clue. They've been tasked with a complex puzzle-solving mission. Skye proves to be a useful partner and good company, even if her free-wheeling ways are disruptive to Chester's carefully built schedule. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Chester and Skye get closer to their final clue, they discover the key to their spy assignment: they have to stop a heist! But cracking this code may mean finding out things are not always what they seem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKekla Magoon is the author of many novels and nonfiction books for young readers, including \u003ci\u003eThe Season of Styx Malone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rock and the River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow It Went Down, \u003c\/i\u003e and the Robyn Hoodlum Adventure series. \u003cbr\u003eShe has received the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the John Steptoe New Talent Award, four Coretta Scott King Honors, the Walter Award Honor, an NAACP Image Award, and been long listed for the National Book Award. \u003cbr\u003eKekla conducts school and library visits nationwide and serves on the Writers' Council for the National Writing Project. Kekla holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, where she now serves on faculty. Visit her online at keklamagoon.com and on Facebook and Twitter (keklamagoon).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wendy Lamb Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50617227673874,"sku":"9781524715991","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_99b9b938-0a20-4e33-8a29-77d1a68c8a3f.jpg?v=1732513790","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chester-keene-cracks-the-code-9781524715991","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}