The Science Fair Scheme, page 9
ASL Fingerspelling: Don’t worry. It’s five against one.
Chapter 8 Solutions
Fingerspelling translation: A Secret Project Revealed
Hidden dollar bill message: Can you find the ten words hidden in this picture?
Phonetic Alphabet Code: You missed a word.
Matt the Brat’s recipe for Peanut Butter Gum:
¾ c. powsug = ¾ cup powdered sugar
3 T corsyr = 3 tablespoons corn syrup
1 t. glyc = 1 teaspoon glycerine
½ t citac = ½ teaspoon citric acid
1 T peabut = 1 tablespoon peanut butter
⅓ c. gumba = ⅓ cup gum base
Chapter 9 Solutions
Fingerspelling translation: Bernie’s Awesome Flying Machine
Morse code: Guys, let’s meet at school early tomorrow. Can’t wait to see who wins.
LEETCode: I’ll pick you up at seven fifteen.
Periodic table code: 10-4 (understood). See you there!
Sherlock Holmes Dancing Men Code: I will meet you at Cody’s house.
Text code: See you tomorrow at the multipurpose room. Good luck. Later, Kewl (Cool)-Dude
Chapter 10 Solutions
Fingerspelling translation: Sabotage and Suspects
Chapter 11 Solutions
Fingerspelling translation: Matt the Mystery Solver
Pig Latin Code: Maybe we should invite Matt and Dev to join the club.
Chapter 12 Solutions
Fingerspelling translation: A Mysterious Invitation
Periodic table code: CBC for Code Busters Club
LEETCode: Can a house really be haunted? Find out on my birthday . . .
For more adventures with the Code Busters Club, go to www.CodeBustersClub.com.
There you’ll find:
A Top Secret Handbook you can download and print
Full dossiers for Cody, Quinn, Luke, M.E., and Mika
Their blogs
More codes
More coded messages to solve
Clues to the next book
A map of the Code Busters neighborhood, school, and mystery
PENNY WARNER’s Code Busters Club series has won three Agatha Awards for Best Children’s/Young Adult Novel. Warner has also won both the Agatha Award and Anthony Award for her novel The Mystery of the Haunted Caves, and she won the Agatha Award for The Official Nancy Drew Handbook. Her books have received excellent reviews and have been printed in fourteen countries throughout the world. Warner lives in Danville, California.
You may visit her online at www.pennywarner.com and brush up on your sleuthing skills at www.CodeBustersClub.com.
Penny Warner, The Science Fair Scheme












