The Bletchley Riddle is a richly layered story of spies, code breaking and strangers. Peril and intrigue fills every chapter as brother and sister Jakob and Lizzie try to work out who they can trust. As if the danger of working at Bletchley Park during the second world war wasn’t enough, Jakob and Lizzie face the prospect that their own mother was a spy and has disappeared while on a mission in Europe.
There couldn’t be two more different siblings. Jakob is serious and studious. At 19, he has been recruited from Cambridge to support the war effort as a code breaker at Bletchley, working alongside some of the brightest mathematicians in the UK, including Alan Turing, Gordan Welchman and Dilly Knox. Jakob takes the Secret’s Act to heart so 14-year-old Lizzie has no idea what he’s doing there.
Descendents of a wealthy American family, Jakob and Lizzie’s grandmother wants Lizzie safe in the US where she can keep an eye on her, give her a proper ‘coming out’ and find a suitable husband. Lizzie can’t imagine anything worse! Cleverly escaping from her handler just as they board a ship for New York, Lizzie races through London to track down her brother and discover her mother’s secrets. Intelligent, precocious and bold, how can she sign the official Secrets Act when she says all of her thoughts aloud?
Using the power of shared family memories, mysterious riddles and the help of some good friends, Jakob and Lizzie dodge threats from all sides as they work out whether every piece of new information is the truth or a trap.
It’s no surprise The Bletchley Riddle has been nominated for numerous awards and been named one of the best recent historical novels for children. This non-stop adventure will keep readers age 10+ completely gripped. Perfect for ambitious Upper Key Stage 2 readers right through to Key Stage 4, there is so much to puzzle out in this fantastic story. Codes and cyphers at the back of the book give readers a chance to see if they have what it takes to work at Bletchley Park.
Thank you to Rock the Boat books for this intriguing novel!
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