The Bletchley riddle
Título
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The Bletchley riddle
Ruta, Sepetys
Resumen
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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 amidst 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 which unravel a shocking puzzle that presents the ultimate challenge: How long must a secret be kept?
Fecha de publicación como intervalo
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2024
Descripción física
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392 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Materia corporativa
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Government Code and Cypher School (Great Britain) -- Fiction
Término de la materia
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Ciphers -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Siblings -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Término geográfico
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Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Género
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Action and adventure fiction
War fiction
Autor añadido
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Sheinkin, Steve,
Síntesis
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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 amidst 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 which unravel a shocking puzzle that presents the ultimate challenge: How long must a secret be kept?
ISBN
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9780593527542
Información de publicación
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New York, New York : Viking, [2024].
©2024
Biblioteca | Signatura topográfica | Tipo de material | Código de barras del documento | Estado |
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Hillcrest | F SEP | Book | 30552000371652 | Fiction |