The Bletchley Riddle is a historical fiction book about Bletchley Park, a code breaking operation in England. The story follows Jakob and Lizzie. Jakob is a mathematician who was recruited to join the code breaking team at Bletchley Park to help break the enigma machines, a code making device used by the Germans in World War II. Lizzie is determined to find out what happened to their mother; she doesn't believe that she's really dead. This book is amazing and might be my favorite piece of historical fiction I've read. It has facts about World War II and even has some characters who actually existed. I've read other books by one of the authors, Ruta Sepetys, and they were also really amazing. So, if you're looking for a historical fiction book to read, I highly recommend The Bletchley Riddle.

- Kyra, ninth-grade volunteer

 

Publisher's description:

Follows siblings Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie as they find themselves at Bletchley Park, the home of WWII codebreakers working to decrypt the Nazi's Enigma cipher, where the two struggle to unravel a mystery surrounding their mother's disappearance against the backdrop of the Battle of Britain and Hitler's feared invasion.