Steve Sheinkin

Jan 21, 2025 | fltimes.com | Joel Freedman |Steve Sheinkin

When 18- year-old Rudi Vrba and friend Albert Wetzler, Jewish inmates at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp who miraculously and successfully managed to escape from this hellhole, their own freedom was not their only goal. They wanted to alert the civilized world to the fact that not only were the Nazis imprisoning Jews and other people regarded as subhumans, the Nazis also were committing mass murder at Auschwitz and at other concentration camps.

Oct 31, 2024 | kmuw.org | Beth Golay |Ruta Sepetys |Steve Sheinkin |Ina Garten

Books (and whatnot) discussed in this episode: The Bletchley Riddleby Ruta Sepetys & Steve Sheinkin Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoirby Ina Garten Blood Test: A Comedyby Charles Baxter The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?by Anna Montague Model Home by Rivers Solomon King Lear by William Shakespeare Hamlet by William Shakespeare The Country of the...

Oct 25, 2024 | audiofilemagazine.com | Ruta Sepetys |Steve Sheinkin

Louis Hill and Georgina Jane narrate chapters featuring two British siblings who are doing unique sleuthing during WWII. Hill portrays serious 19-year-old Jakob, who is consumed with finding solutions to Germany's Enigma codes at Bletchley Park. While Hill portrays Jakob's straightforward focus, he hints at how his work distracts him from his grief over the loss of his mother, whom he believes to be dead.

Oct 9, 2024 | barnesandnoble.com | Ruta Sepetys |Steve Sheinkin |Isabelle McConville

Adventure and Mystery: A Guest Post by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin Taking young readers back to WWII, The Bletchley Riddle is the story of two brilliant siblings making a big difference in a dangerous world from two bestselling authors. Ruta Sepetys (Salt to the Sea, The Fountains of Silence) and Steve Sheinkin (Bomb, Undefeated) joined forces to pen an exclusive essay on their collaboration process and the inspiration behind their book, down below.

Oct 8, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Steve Sheinkin |Alan Gratz |Scott O'Dell |Ted Lewin

Poignant, respectful, and historically accurate while pulsating with emotional turmoil, adventure, and suspense. In the midst of political turmoil, how do you escape the only country that you’ve ever known and navigate a new life? Parallel stories of three different middle school–aged refugees—Josef from Nazi Germany in 1938, Isabel from 1994 Cuba, and Mahmoud from 2015 Aleppo—eventually intertwine for maximum impact. Three countries, three time periods, three brave protagonists.