Fall Into OBOB Series: The Bletchley Riddle, Ruta Sepetys & Steve Sheinkin

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We are so excited for our FIFTH Fall Into OBOB virtual event series! RSVP to each event to receive the Zoom link! All events are FREE to continue Roundabout's mission to support childhood literacy. Get your OBOB team ready and host a watch party. All books are available for purchase at our store and website: https://roundaboutbookshop.com/OBOB Zoom links will be emailed in ticket confirmation and reminders. Please check spam. Questions? Email events@roundaboutbookshop.com The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys & Steve Sheinkin * New York Times Bestseller * Five starred reviews * #1 Indie Next Pick * ALA Notable Book This thrilling WWII mystery—a collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin—is now in paperback! “Brilliantly narrated from alternating points of view—Sheinkin writing Jakob’s chapters, Sepetys writing Lizzie’s—this suspenseful novel . . . takes us on the ride of a lifetime.”—Laurie Halse Anderson, The New York Times Exclusive Paperback Content: Author Q&A, A Guide to Secret Codes, A Note on History, Discussion Questions, Deleted Scenes, and Timeline! Remember, you are bound by the Official Secrets Act… Summer, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister, Lizzie, share a love of riddles and puzzles. And now they’re living inside of one. The quarrelsome siblings find themselves amid one of the greatest secrets of World War II—Britain’s eccentric codebreaking factory at Bletchley Park. As Jakob joins Bletchley’s top minds to crack the Nazi's Enigma cipher, fourteen-year-old Lizzie embarks on a mission to solve the mysterious disappearance of their mother. The Battle of Britain rages and Hitler’s invasion creeps closer. And at the same time, baffling messages and codes arrive on their doorstep while a menacing inspector lurks outside the gates of the Bletchley mansion. Are the messages truly for them, or are they a trap? Could the riddles of Enigma and their mother's disappearance be somehow connected? Jakob and Lizzie must find a way to work together as they race to decipher clues that unravel a shocking puzzle that presents the ultimate challenge: How long must a secret be kept? This paperback edition includes copious backmatter, featuring discussion questions, a historical note, a guide to secret codes, an author Q&A, deleted scenes, and a WWII and code-breaking timeline! Ruta Sepetys is an internationally acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction published in over sixty countries and forty languages. Sepetys is considered a "crossover" novelist, as her books are read by both teens and adults worldwide. Her novels Between Shades of Gray, Out of the Easy, and Salt to the Sea have won or been shortlisted for more than forty book prizes, and are included on more than sixty state award lists. Between Shades of Gray was adapted into the film Ashes in the Snow, and her other novels are currently in development for TV and film. Winner of the Carnegie Medal, Ruta is passionate about the power of history and literature to foster global awareness and connectivity. She has presented to NATO, to the European Parliament, in the United States Capitol, and at embassies worldwide. Ruta was born and raised in Michigan and now lives with her family in Nashville, Tennessee. Steve Sheinkin is an acclaimed author whose accolades include a Newbery Honor, three Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards, a Sibert Medal and honor, and three National Book Award finalist honors. Sheinkin lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, with his wife and two children.