Free The Hunt for the Missing Spy by Penny Warner

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    Meanwhile, Cody and Luke worked on the code. Cody thought it would be easy to decipher, since it was in LEET code. The message looked sort of like it was made up of letters of the alphabet, but the letters were created out of numbers and keyboard symbols. It still took them a few minutes to figure out what the message said, since some of the words were unfamiliar to the girls.

    Code Busters’ Key and Solution found on pp. 152, 156.
    â€œThat was harder than I thought it would be,” Cody complained. “I only recognize a couple of the words, like stegosaurus and triceratops. What do you think it means?”
    â€œWe’ll have to wait for Quinn and M.E. to give us the waypoint,” said Luke, “but I’m guessing we’re going to the National Museum of Natural History.”
    â€œWhy there?” Cody asked.
    â€œThat’s where the dinosaurs hang out,” Luke answered.
    Quinn and M.E. soon confirmed the waypoint, pinpointing the museum on the GPS, then locating it on their cell phone map.
    â€œLet’s go!” Luke said.
    Using the Metro again, the kids headed back to the mall, with Mrs. Takeda trailing behind. The National Museum of Natural History was only a short walk from the Metro stop, so they ran, with Mrs. Takeda doing her best to keep up with them on her high heels. Everyone was out of breath by the time they reached the large cement building topped with a giant dome and flanked by columns.According to the Internet, the museum, which housed dinosaur bones, was one of the most popular sites in Washington, D.C. Luke had been looking forward to seeing them, but he’d have to wait to view the reassembled fossils until Matt was safe.
    â€œI wish we could go inside,” Luke said as they searched the area for the next coded sign. “There’s supposed to be like fifty different dinosaurs there—Allosaurus, Triceratops, Stegosaurus. I have a whole collection of dinosaur models I made out of kits. They were like putting puzzles together.”
    â€œWe’ll come back. Don’t worry,” Cody said. “But right now, we’ve got to find the next clue.”
    While Mrs. Takeda sat down on a nearby bench and slipped off her high heels, the kids searched the front of the building.
    Cody suddenly thought she saw someone in a trench coat and baseball cap. She was about to alert the others when she realized the guy’s hat wasn’t black—it was dark blue. She glanced at his shoes. They were white.
Mistaken identity
, Cody told herself. She was letting this hunt go to her head.
    Moments later, Luke called, “I found it!”
    The group rushed over to the far side of the museum doors, where Luke stood staring at the cryptic sign, written in the phonetic alphabet code, used by NASA.
    Hotel Echo Romeo Echo
    Yankee Oscar Uniform Lima Lima
    Foxtrot India November Delta:
    Romeo Oscar Charlie K
ilo
    Mike Oscar Delta Uniform Lima Echo
    Sierra Papa India Romeo India T
ango
    Papa India Oscar November Echo Echo Romeo
    Foxtrot Romeo India Echo November Delta Sierra Hotel India Papa
    Code Busters’ Key and Solution found on pp. 152, 156.
    Cody was puzzled by the clue and the code.
    â€œWhat’s it supposed to mean?” M.E. asked.
    Quinn smiled mysteriously. “A
rock
, a
module
, a
Spirit
, a
Pioneer
, and
Friendship.
I know what the words mean.”
    â€œReally? What?” M.E. asked.
    â€œWell, think about it,” Quinn said. “What do they all have in common? If you add the word
moon
to
rock
and you get
moon rock
.
Module
? How about
lunar module
? The
Spirit
of St. Louis—Charles Lindberg’s airplane. The
Pioneer
was a space probe. And there was a spacecraft called the Mercury
Friendship
.”
    â€œThey all have to do with space!” M.E. cried. “That’s the next waypoint.”
    â€œThe Air and Space Museum, to be specific,” said Quinn.
    â€œGreat job!” Cody said to Quinn. No