The Shadow Cipher (York, #1)

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It was 1798 when the Morningstarr twins arrived in New York with a vision for a magnificent city towering skyscrapers, dazzling machines, and winding train lines, all running on technology no one had ever seen before Fifty seven years later, the enigmatic architects disappeared, leaving behind for the people of New York the Old York Cipher a puzzle laid into the shining city they constructed, at the end of which was promised a treasure beyond all imagining By the present day, however, the puzzle has never been solved, and the greatest mystery of the modern world is little than a tourist attraction.Tess and Theo Biedermann and their friend Jaime Cruz live in a Morningstarr apartment house until a real estate developer announces that the city has agreed to sell him the five remaining Morningstarr buildings Their likely destruction means the end of a dream long held by the people of New York And if Tess, Theo and Jaime want to save their home, they have to prove that the Old York Cipher is real Which means they have to solve it.From National Book Award Finalist Laura Ruby comes a visionary epic set in a New York City at once familiar and wholly unexpected. Read The Shadow Cipher (York, #1) Author Laura Ruby – kino-fada.fr A wise bookseller friend of mine once said and I m paraphrasing here because she bloody tweets too often to locate the precise words , If you work in a bookstore you are only allowed to invoke The Westing Game three times The first time I did it for Greenglass House by Kate Milford The second time will go to Laura Ruby s York Naturally a librarian reads something like that and their radar starts beeping like mad A Westing Game invocation is no small matter And as luck would have it I had A wise bookseller friend of mine once said and I m paraphrasing here be...This was so so so so so good The pacing overall was pretty slow, but the story was so interesting that I didn t have any problems with it Middle grade meets National Treasure ITS ALL I VE EVER WANTED And THERE ARE GOING TO BE MORE BOOKS So so SO pumped.This book was a pretty fun adventure I loved that Laura Ruby put in a lot of little facts about New York with a combination of fantasy and made up stuff also It made for a good read with three very likeable three main characters.I m not the sort of person who refers to books at tales or calls myself or other authors a storyteller I m a writer You re a writer We re writers Authors or writers.Except for Laura Ruby Nope, she s a storyteller This is a wonderful story, unlike anything you ve seen before, and she s telling it to you I feel the same way about her wonderful, award winning BONE GAP Years later I still remember that story Not the words The story This is the same I don t really remember the words I m not the sort of person who refers to books at tales or calls myself or other authors a storyteller I m a writer You re a writer We re writers Authors or writers.Except for Laura Ruby Nope, she s a storyteller This is a wonderful story, unlike anything you ve seen before, and she s telling it to you I feel the same way about her wonderful, award winning BONE GAP Years later I still remember that story Not the words The story This...Aufgrund des Klappentextes h tte ich nie erahnt, was f r ein Feuerwerk an Ereignissen und Wortwitz mich erwartet Die Handlung spielt in einem fiktiven New York unserer Zeit Da im 19 Jahrhundert die genialen Erfinder Theresa und Theodore Morningstar New York bereits sehr technologisiert hatten finden sich im heutigen York eine mysteri se Underway Bahn, Tiere aus abenteuerlichen Kreutzungen und Roboter die das Leben angenehmer gestalten Ich will auch einen Lancelot Jedoch nicht jeder wei da Aufgrund des Klappentextes h tte ich nie er... The Shadow Cipher was just meh I went into this expecting the National Treasure like puzzle hunt the synopsis promised which is one of my all time favourite tropes, just FYI but I was completely underwhelmed It did not tap into its potential At all The plot left me desperately wantingbut not in a good way The puzzles and ciphers were not nearly as exciting as I would have hoped The story lacked urgency, drive, something to really pull me into the story and never want to leave The Shadow ...Wow Absolutely, awestruck WOW Middle grade, contemporary, but not our timeline, not steam punk, but other science, verging on the magical Characters were awesome and real, with foibles and strengths Diverse First real book I ve read in a while That may have colored my reading of it slightly in the positive EBooks are great and ...4.5 Sterne.Mochte es wirklich gerne Unterhaltsam Nett Gut ausgearbeitet Einfach rasant und abwechslungsreich, genau richtig.A thrilling start to an epic series I can t wait to see the final edition with mapsTess and Theo Biederman and friend, Jaime Cruz, live in a Morningstar building in New York City The Morningstar twins came to New York City in the 1800 s and revolutionized the city with engineering feats, such as solar energy, servant robots, skyscrapers, elevators that don t just go up and down, but sideways, beetle machines that clean, and an expansive subway system Then, they vanished, leaving behind a trail of clues to inherit their secrets Great world building, and the three feel compel Tess and Theo Biederman and friend, Jaime Cruz, live in a Morningstar building in New York City The Morningstar twins came to New York City in the 1800 s and revolutionized the city with engineering feats, such as solar ...

The Shadow Cipher (York, #1)
  • English
  • 06 February 2017
  • Kindle Edition
  • 448 pages
  • Laura Ruby
  • The Shadow Cipher (York, #1)