Authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin come to Palo Alto with new young adult novel on code cracking

Award-winning authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin come to the Rinconada Library for an event sponsored by Linden Tree Books. They’ll be celebrating the launch of their new middle-grade, historical adventure novel “The Bletchley Riddle,” which takes place in 1940s England. The book follows two teenage siblings working on cracking codes and solving puzzles at Bletchley Park, Britain’s codebreaking headquarters, while also attempting to find the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of their mother.

Sepetys’ previous books include “Between Shades of Gray,” “Out of the Easy,” “Salt to the Sea,” “The Fountains of Silence” and “I Must Betray You,” while Sheinkin is the author of “Impossible Escape,” “Fallout,” “Undefeated,” “Born to Fly,” “The Port Chicago 50” and “Bomb.”

Oct. 23, 6 p.m., Rinconada Library, 1213 Newell Road, Palo Alto; free but registration required; form.jotform.com/242025340768151.

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