The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles by Janeczko, Paul B.

The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles

A wealth of information in an engaging package. -- Kirkus Reviews Ever since George Washington used them...
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Author: Paul B. Janeczko
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The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles by Janeczko, Paul B.

The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles

$31.68

The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles

$31.68
Author: Paul B. Janeczko
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A wealth of information in an engaging package. -- Kirkus Reviews

Ever since George Washington used them to help topple the British, spies and their networks have helped and hurt America at key moments in history. In this fascinating collection, Paul B. Janeczko probes examples from clothesline codes to surveillance satellites and cyber espionage. Colorful personalities, daring missions, the feats of the loyal, and the damage of traitors are interspersed with a look at the technological advances that continue to change the rules of gathering intelligence.
Back matter includes source notes, a bibliography, and an index.

Author: Paul B. Janeczko
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 09/11/2012
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780763660666
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9.6
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 140506 / Dark Game: True Spy Stories

About the Author
Paul B. Janeczko (1945-2019) was a poet and teacher who edited numerous award-winning poetry anthologies for young people, including A Poke in the I, A Kick in the Head, A Foot in the Mouth, and The Death of the Hat, all of which were illustrated by Chris Raschka; Firefly July, illustrated by Melissa Sweet; and The Proper Way to Meet a Hedgehog and Other How-To Poems, illustrated by Richard Jones. He also wrote Worlds Afire; Requiem: Poems of the Terezín Ghetto; Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing; Double Cross: Deception Techniques in War; The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles, a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults; and Secret Soldiers: How the U.S. Twenty-Third Special Troops Fooled the Nazis.


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