BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Cuyahoga County Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Cuyahoga County Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e9f89406-aead-4a78-8fdd-8841c6f0cb4c SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260721T204222Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T200000 SUMMARY:History & Mystery with Ruta Sepetys & Steve Sheinkin LOCATION:Parma-Powers Branch\nParma-Powers Branch X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Parma-Powers Branch;X-APPL E-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Parma-Powers Branch:geo:41.383232,-81.731989 GEO:41.383232;-81.731989 DESCRIPTION:Join us when authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin visit to discuss their new historical fiction novel for middle grades\, The Blet chley Riddle..\nhttps://cuyahoga.libnet.info/event/11086276 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

About the authors:

Ruta Sepetys \;is an internationally acclaimed\, #1 \;< em>New York Times \;bestselling author of historical fiction publ ished in over sixty countries and forty languages. Her novels \;Be tween Shades of Gray\, \;Out of the Easy\, \;Sal t to the Sea\, \;The Fountains of Silence\, and \;I Must Betray You \;have won or been shortlisted for more than forty book prizes\, and are included on more than sixty state award lists. \; 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 Michiga n and now lives with her family in Tennessee. \;

Steve Sheinkin is the acclaimed author of fast-paced\, cinematic nonfi ction histories\, including \;Impossible Escape\, \;F allout\, \;Undefeated\, \;Born to Fly\,&nbs p\;The Port Chicago 50\, and \;Bomb. His accolades i nclude a Newbery Honor\, three Boston Globe&ndash\;Horn Book Awards\, a Si bert Medal and Honor\, and three National Book Award finalist honors. Stev e is also the creator and host of the popular YouTube Series\, \;Autho r \;Fan \;Face-Off\, a book game show where famous \;authors&n bsp\;go head-to-head with super-fans \;on questions from the \;aut hor's best loved books. He lives with his family in Saratoga Springs\, New York. \;

The Bletchley Riddle takes place in summer\, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis and his&nb sp\;quirky \;younger sister Lizzie share a love of riddles and puzzles . And now they&rsquo\;re living inside of one. The quarrelsome siblings fi nd themselves amidst one of the greatest secrets of World War II&mdash\;Br itain&rsquo\;s eccentric codebreaking factory at Bletchley Park. As Jakob joins Bletchley&rsquo\;s top minds to crack the Nazi's Enigma cipher\, fou rteen-year-old Lizzie embarks on a mission to solve the mysterious disappe arance of their mother.

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The Battle of Britain rages and Hitler&rsq uo\;s invasion creeps closer. And at the same time\, baffling messages and codes arrive on their doorstep while a menacing inspector lurks \;out side 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 wo rk together as they race to decipher clues which unravel a shocking puzzle that presents the ultimate challenge: \;How long must a secret be kep t?
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Registration for this event is \;FREE. VIP tickets are also available for purchase.
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Each VIP ticket ($20) includes:
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A copy of \;The Bletchley Riddle
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VIP seating at the event
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A donation to the Cuyahog a County Public Library Foundation
CLICK HERE \;to purchase VIP tickets
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< br />Additional books will be available for purchase courtesy of Mac's Backs-Books on Coventry.
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