{"product_id":"chester-keene-cracks-the-code-9781524716028","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\u003eChester Keene takes great comfort in his routines. After school Monday to Thursday is bowling, and Friday, the best of days, is laser tag! But most special of all is when Chester gets secret spy messages from his dad, who is always on covert government assignments, which is why Chester has never met him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen, one day at lunch, Chester's classmate Skye approaches him with a clue. They've been tasked with a complex puzzle-solving mission. Chester takes their assignments very seriously, but Skye treats it like a big game. Skye proves to be a useful partner and good company, even if her haphazard, free-wheeling ways are disruptive to Chester's carefully curated 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 might lead to a discovery Chester never saw coming.\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, \u003ci\u003eHow It Went Down, \u003c\/i\u003eThe Rock and the River, \u003c\/i\u003e and the Robyn Hoodlum Adventure series. She has received the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe-Horn Book\u003c\/i\u003e Award, the Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe Award for New Talent, four Coretta Scott King Honor Awards, the Walter Award Honor, an NAACP Image Award, and inclusion on the National Book Award Longlist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKekla conducts school and library visits nationwide and serves on the Writers Council for the National Writing Project. She holds a BA from Northwestern University and an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, where she now serves on faculty.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yearling Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50583481188626,"sku":"9781524716028","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f68602f1-0153-4a4f-9daf-6160d4d923ea.jpg?v=1737080821","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chester-keene-cracks-the-code-9781524716028","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}