Code
a method of writing where words are replaced with other words so that the message’s meaning is hidden
Dead letter box
a concealed place where messages can be delivered and collected
Espionage
another word for spying
Forger
someone who makes false documents
Gadget
a small, cunning device
Key
a piece of information which enables someone to work out the meaning of an enciphered message
Legend
a false name and life history
Microdot
a minuscule photograph, the size of a dot
Mission
a job which a spy is sent to carry out (see also Assignment)
Morse Code
an alphabet which swaps letters for dots and dashes
the person or thing a spy is pursuing
Rendezvous
a meeting at an agreed time and place
Sleuthing
another word for spying/detective work
Surveillance
keeping a close eye on a suspect
Tradecraft
the skills needed for a career in Espionage
Traitor
a treacherous person who is disloyal to his country
Undercover
assuming another identity in order to observe others
Some Codes and Ciphers
Clown
a cipher involving the repeated juggling of letters
Ditchwater
consisting of such a dull letter that the person reading it gives up long before the end and therefore misses the message concealed in the postscript
Easy-Peasy
Noah’s Ark
conceals the message by writing the letters two by two in each consecutive word
Shopping List
in which shopping items represent particular words
Tornado
a cipher that turns letters back to front and upside-down
Useful Books
Keeping to the Shadows by Anonymous
C.L.I.C.K.’s Compendium by Various
The Hugger-mugger Handbook by Sue de Neame
A Pocket Guide to Gadget Repair by Arnold Twitch
Hot Pants Are a No-no: What Not to Wear Undercover by T. Ward and S. Caldicott
White Lies and Whoppers: A Spy’s guide to Fibbing Convincingly by Amelia Punch
They Were Jolly Brave: Wartime Spies of Yesteryear by Sqn. Ldr. Stodgy Washington
About the Author
Anna Dale lives in Southampton, England, where she works part-time as a bookseller. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called her first book, Whispering to Witches, “a sparkling debut” and named her a Flying Start author.
Also by Anna Dale
Whispering to Witches
Copyright © 2005 by Anna Dale
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First published in the United States of America in November 2005
by Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Electronic edition published in December 2012
www.bloomsburyteens.com
The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Dale, Anna.
Dawn undercover / by Anna Dale.
p. cm.
Summary: Eleven-year-old Dawn, Rustgate Primary School’s most forgettable student, is recruited for a British secret intelligence agency and sent on a spy mission to track a master criminal.
[1. Spies—Fiction. 2. England—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.D15225Daw 2005 [Fic]—dc22 2005011782
Printed in the U.S.A. by Quebecor World Fairfield
ISBN: 978-1-5999-0998-1 (e-book)