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9780156031370 Trade Paperback
015603137X
$14.00
512pages
Available
Trim Size:
5-5/16 x 8
Copyright Year:
2005
Territory:
US, O (-EU)
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Synopsis |
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PopCo tells the story of Alice Butler-a subversively smart girl in our commercial-soaked world who grows from recluse orphan to burgeoning vigilante, buttressed by mystery, codes, math, and the sense her grandparents gave her that she could change the world.
Alice-slight introvert, crossword compositor- works at PopCo, a globally successful and slightly sinister toy company. Lured by their CEO to a Thought Camp out on the moors, PopCo's creatives must invent the ultimate product for teenage girls. Meanwhile, Alice receives bizarre, encrypted messages she suspects relate to her grandfather's decoding of a centuries-old manuscript that many-including her long-disappeared father-believe leads to buried treasure. Its key, she's sure, is engraved on the necklace she's been wearing since she was ten. Using the skills she learned from her grandparents and teaching us aspects of cryptanalysis, Alice discovers the source of these creepy codes. Will this lead her to the mysterious treasure or another, even more carefully guarded secret?
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SCARLETT THOMAS is the author of several novels. Named one of the twenty best young British writers by the Independent on Sunday in 2001, she was Elle Style's Writer of the Year in 2002. She writes for the Independent, Scotland on Sunday, the Guardian, and the Literary Review. She lives in Devon and teaches writing at the University of Kent.
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General Subjects |
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Fiction- General
Juvenile Fiction- General
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Academic Disciplines & Course Studies |
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English Language & Literature- British Literature
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First Serial/Second Serial/Reprint: Harcourt
Audio/Performance/Translation: Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, Inc.
UK: Fourth Estate (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)
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Rights Information |
Harvest Books
An imprint ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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