Page 10 - The Hunt for the Missing Spy
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The first part was written in Japanese characters.
After Mika translated the numbers, the Code Bust-
ers quickly solved the code.
“Okay,” Quinn said, “we’ve got the coordinates to
find the first waypoint.”
“Yeah,” M.E. said, “but what’s all this other stuff
underneath, where it says ‘Clue?’”
Luke read the information at the bottom of the
page out loud: “There are twelve items buried in
the cornerstone here, including atlases, reference
books, guides to Washington, D.C., census records
from 1790 to 1848, poetry, copies of the Constitution
and the Declaration of Independence, and a Bible.”
The five kids looked at each other and frowned.
“What’s that supposed to mean?” M.E. asked.
“It must be a clue to the waypoint where we’re
supposed to go,” Quinn said.
“Sounds like a cemetery,” Luke said. “That’s
where things are usually buried.”
“Yeah, but they bury people in cemeteries, not
stuff like that,” Cody said.
Luke scanned the rest of the clue. “There’re also
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