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Bletchley Riddle, The

Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Ages: 12+

Published: 2024

Publisher: Viking/Penguin Random House

ISBN: 978-0-593-52754-2

Keywords: Historical Fiction-Enigma, code breaking, Alan Turing, Gordon Welchman, Dilly Knox, World War II, spies, spycraft, Hitler, Nazis, siblings, mathematics

During World War II, Lizzie's American grandmother insists that she leave England before the Germans attack. But Lizzie needs to find out what secrets her brother is hiding, and why their mother might be missing.