Can You Crack the Code?: A Fascinating History of Ciphers and Cryptography

I thought it was a perfect combination of learning and enjoyable stories. Absolutely perfect for what I was looking for my daughter and I to read together.

My 10 year old loved this book he got for his birthday

“Can You Crack the Code?” by cybersecurity expert Ella Schwartz is perfect for your aspiring cryptographers and anyone who loves secret codes, ciphers, and puzzles. Filled with fascinating historical stories and explanations of how letters, numbers, and symbols can translate into understandable text. We learned about how ciphers were used to solve battlefield messages, stories of hidden treasures, and even modern day hacking. There are even sample codes to solve yourself and resources at the end.

This book is very informative and well laid out. I needed inspiration for creating games for my students and friends. This book puts the history and the why behind different types of codes and provides examples.

Briefly: buy the book, you will not regret it! Covers the history of ciphers and codes and provides many opportunities to break increasingly difficult codes, many interesting stories, nice illustrations, my 9 y.o. loved it!

We are using it for homeschooling right now and I’m very pleased with the layout and explanations.

Just got it and the kid cant put it down!

My kids really enjoyed the read. It was great to see them so entertained by history, math and applied cryptography!