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The Secret Cipher

#2 in series

by Whitaker Ringwald
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The Secret Cipher is the sequel to The Secret Box, a rollicking adventure full of family rivalry, magic, questing, and laugh-out-loud humor that's perfect for fans of Dan Gutman, Wendy Mass, and Trenton Lee Stewart.

Jax Malone and her cousin Ethan Hoche were not expecting one of Jax's birthday presents to contain a dangerous magical object from a mythical past: an urn with the dark power to suck hope out of the world.

Though the first urn is safely hidden, there are two more urns that could rid humanity of both faith and love. And powerful enemies who want to find them and use them to control the world. Now, even though they were never meant to open the present and discover its secret, Jax and Ethan must race to find and destroy the two remaining urns before it's too late.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Secret Box

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    February 24, 2015

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780062216199

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780062216199
      • File size: 569 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.4
    • Lexile® Measure: 590
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 2-3

  • Reviews

    • The Horn Book

      July 1, 2015
      After securing the mythical jar of Hope, cousins Jax, Ethan, and Tyler head to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts to help Great-aunt Juniper recover the jars of Faith and Love. Hot on their trail is an old enemy who wants to harness the artifacts' power for evil. Fans will enjoy the expanding story and close family ties that made The Secret Box a winner.

      (Copyright 2015 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

    • Kirkus

      November 15, 2014
      Book 2 in the middle-grade Secret Box mystery series (The Secret Box, 2014).Cousins Jax and Ethan and Ethan's older brother, Tyler, are off on another adventure propelled by Greek mythology. At home in New Jersey, Jax has been contacted by a Boston convalescent home telling her that a woman who had suffered a stroke was admitted with no identification beyond Jax's home phone number written on her bandanna. Jax is convinced it's great-aunt Juniper and that the Greek mythological urn of Hope, rescued by the children in Book 1 and now in Juniper's possession, is in danger. Impetuous Jax and nerdy Ethan entice Tyler, geeky gamer, to drive them to Boston. Once there, they discover that there is not just one urn in peril, but three-Hope, Faith and Love-and that a villain already has Faith in his possession and seeks the other two. With the help of a mysterious girl and Jax's incarcerated father (whom Jax meets for the first time), the children begin the race to keep the urns of Hope and Love from the villain's clutches. Ringwald repeats her successful Book 1 narrative structure as Jax, Ethan and Tyler each narrate chapters in their distinctive, hilarious first-person voices. Twists abound, and the ending will leave readers demanding the third installment immediately.Suspense, humor and sparkling narrative voices combine to deliver an engaging adventure. (Mystery. 8-12)

      COPYRIGHT(2014) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

    • School Library Journal

      March 1, 2015

      Gr 5-8-After discovering an ancient urn in a birthday present, cousins Jax and Ethan teamed up to protect the world from the happiness-draining dark magic contained in the ancient relic. In this exciting sequel, the pair embark on a mission to destroy the two remaining urns before they fall into the wrong hands.

      Copyright 2015 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.4
  • Lexile® Measure:590
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:2-3

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