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George and the Unbreakable Code

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by Stephen Hawking


  LUCY HAWKING, Stephen Hawking’s daughter, is a journalist and novelist. She is the coauthor of George’s Secret Key to the Universe, George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt, and George and the Big Bang, as well as the author of the adult novels Jaded and Run for Your Life. She lives in Cambridge with her son.

  GARRY PARSONS is the award-winning illustrator of many books, including George’s Secret Key to the Universe, George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt, and George and the Big Bang by Lucy and Stephen Hawking. He lives in London. Visit him at GarryParsons.co.uk.

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  GEORGE’S SECRET KEY TO THE UNIVERSE

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  Text copyright © 2014 by Lucy Hawking

  Jacket illustrations by Garry Parsons copyright © 2016 by Random House Children’s Books

  Interior illustrations/diagrams copyright © 2014 by Random House Children’s Publishers

  Originally published in Great Britain in 2014 by Random House Children’s Publishers UK, a division of The Random House Group Ltd.

  First US edition 2016

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  Interior design by Clair Lansley

  Jacket design by James Fraser

  The text for this book was set in Stempel Garamond.

  The illustrations for this book were rendered in pencil that was digitally edited.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Names: Hawking, Lucy, author. | Hawking, Stephen, 1942– author. | Parsons, Garry, illustrator.

  Title: George and the unbreakable code / Lucy & Stephen Hawking ; illustrated by Garry Parsons.

  Description: First Edition. | New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2016] | Series: George’s secret key ; 4 | “Originally published in Great Britain in 2014 by Random House Children’s Publishers UK, a division of The Random House Group Ltd.”—Title page verso. | Summary: George and Annie must travel farther into space than ever before in order to prevent all computers from being hacked.

  Identifiers: LCCN 2015038701| ISBN 9781481466271 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781481466295 (eBook)

  Subjects: | CYAC: Space flight—Fiction. | Hackers—Fiction. | Computers—Fiction. | Science fiction.

  Classification: LCC PZ7.H3134 Gcg 2016 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2015038701

 

 

 


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