The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin - code breaking activity
A thrilling middle grade historical adventure from bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin.
Remember, you are bound by the official secrets act…
It is the summer of 1940. The world is at war. These days, you don’t know who you can trust or who might be a secret spy…
Maths whizz Jakob Novis has been recruited to the secret codebreaking centre at Bletchley Park. As Jakob works to crack the Nazi’s Enigma cipher, his younger sister Lizzie is busy on an undercover mission of her own: to find their mother.
Filled with codes to decipher and mysteries to unravel, this is the unputdownable historical adventure that will have you on the edge of your seats.
‘A thrilling World War II code-breaking adventure filled with ciphers, secrets, and spies.’_*Alan Gratz*, New York Times_ bestselling author of Refugee.
Download the riddle activity sheets to have some fun with cracking puzzles.
The Bletchley Riddle publishes 10 October from Rock the Boat in paperback, RRP £7.99. Pre-order your copy here.
Join us for a free virtual event on 12 September for schools
This National Reading Group Day (12 September at 1.15pm), your class or child can join award-winning author Ruta Sepetys and global bestselling author Steve Sheinkin for an event like no other!
Talking about their new historical middle-grade adventure The Bletchley Riddle, they’ll introduce them to the story of Jakob and his younger sister Lizzie set amongst the backdrop of real-life code-breaking events at Bletchley Park during World War II. Followed by an interactive puzzle for the audience to unravel and Q&A with the authors, this is an event not to be missed.
