Meet Your Sneaky Host PSSST WANNA HEAR A SECRET HOW ABOUT A FEW HUNDRED OF EM Maybe a mustache grooming tip to boot You've come to the right place Welcome to That's Sneaky a collection of classified facts and cases of cunning hosted by yours truly Secret Agent Stache What makes me the perfect MC for everything sneaky well aside from my magnificent mustache I've spent the past two decades deep undercover as an agent for P S S S T the Professional Sleuths of Super Secret Truths You'd be amazed at the stuff people say when they see my trustworthy lip whiskers Secrets were my stock in trade until the P S S S T s top brass instituted a strict ban on facial hair The nerve of those baby faced desk jockeys Now I'm a rogue agent ready to tell all but only to you Prepare to meet supreme sneaks of both the human and wildlife varieties including a crab that creates its own costumes food stylists who fashion phony feasts and escape plotting prisoners who built a glider right under the noses of their captors You'll find ninja warriors and con artists dashing spies and masters of disguise funny money and phony photography magicians tricks and the secrets behind movie magic trapdoors and trap door spiders You'll learn how to run your own spy network communicate in code and detect scams and hidden advertising By the time you close the book on That's Sneaky you'll practically be a member of P S S S T yourself And you don't even need to know the secret handshake or abide by their ridiculous regulations regarding facial hair SECRET AGENT STACHE
knowledge STEP 1 WATCH OUT How to Get the Most From That's SNEAKY As you slink through That's Sneaky keep an eye peeled for these fun features PRIVATE EYES Ten of these sneaky peepers lurk in each chapter except Chapter 8 hidden in photos or creeping across the pages Some are obvi ous most are not Can you spot them all Check out page 175 for the answers SNEAK PEEKS These galleries offer an unauthorized glimpse of secret spaces and stealthy techniques SNEAKY EQUIPMENT Roundups of gear essential to stealth are scattered throughout That's Sneaky STACHE'S SECRETS Before he went rogue from the Professional Sleuths of Super Secret Truths Agent Stache swiped some of the organization's most sensitive information Watch for the whiskered one to surface from the shadows and share bonus bits of uncommon
STEP 2 KNOW YOUR STEALTHY TERMINOLOGY STEP 3 GET READY TO RATE During his years as a seeker of sneaky phenomena Secret Agent Stache developed the SHHH Scale or Spectrum of Hush Hush Hierarchy to measure degrees of sneakiness The higher he ranks something on the scale the sneakier it is You'll find these ratings at the end of each chapter If you disagree with them make your Own SHHH Scale and poll your pals SUPREMELY SNEAKY This book is full of terms that rarely pop up in your everyday life If you're ever stumped about the meaning of a word flip back to this glossary for a fast refresher CIPHER A code for replacing or rearrang ing letters to create secret messages CLANDESTINE A secret or sneaky way of conducting an activity COMMANDO An elite soldier specializing in secret operations behind enemy lines CON ARTIST Someone who tries to scam victims out of their valuables DOUBLE AGENT A spy who pretends to work for one agency while secretly helping another ESPIONAGE The act of spying or gathering information on another person or country in secret HACKER A tech expert who tries to gain unauthorized access to computers INFILTRATION The act of slipping into a building or country without being detected MERCENARY A warrior who works for the highest bidder MIMIC An animal that copies the appearance or behavior of another animal to survive SHINOBI Another word for a ninja SPY A person who gathers informa tion from another government or organization in secret DEFINITELY DEVIOUS SPECTRUM OF HUSH HUSH HIERARCHY SHHH Scale SOLIDLY STEALTHY SLIGHTLY SHIFTY
