Break the Code

From the Series The Contest

  • Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 12
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

The prize: $10 million
The rules: Be the first to complete ten tasks assigned by the Benefactor. Do not ask questions. Do not tell anyone what you’re doing. Do not fail.
The consequences: Unknown

Maiv is a model daughter, a caring older sister, a top student—the responsible one. She’s not someone who’d get mixed up in something as risky as the Contest. But the huge prize would help her afford college and help her family make ends meet. The problem? The Contest is not what it seems. On the other hand, neither is Maiv. She’s determined to uncover the Benefactor’s secrets—before it’s too late.

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Interest Level Grade 6 - Grade 12
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre High/Low, Young Adult
Copyright 2016
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Darby Creek ™
Language English
Number of Pages 104
Publication Date 2016-01-01
Reading Counts! Level 4.4
Text Type Fiction—Action/Adventure
BISACS YAF062000, YAF001000, YAF058000
Dewey [Fic]
Dimensions 5.25 x 7.5
Lexile 610
ATOS Reading Level 4.6
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 180562
Accelerated Reader® Points 2.0
Features Author/Illustrator biography and Teaching Guides

Author: Megan Atwood

Megan Atwood lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she teaches creative writing at a local college and the Loft Literary Center. She has an M.F.A. in writing for children and young adults.

Lerner eSource™ offers free digital teaching and learning resources, including Common Core State Standards (CCSS) teaching guides. These guides, created by classroom teachers, offer short lessons and writing exercises that give students specific instruction and practice using Common Core skills and strategies. Lerner eSource also provides additional resources including online activities, downloadable/printable graphic organizers, and additional educational materials that would also support Common Core instruction. Download, share, pin, print, and save as many of these free resources as you like!

The Contest

Four teenagers in need of money and a second chance are offered the chance to enter a mysterious high-stakes “contest” with a $10 million prize. To compete, they each must do a series of strange tasks—and they gradually realize that they’re caught in an elaborate plot… View available downloads →