The Messenger Bird: The truth can be a dangerous thing

By Ruth Eastham

‘Absolutely fascinating … completely thought provoking.’ – Books for Teens

Enemies on all sides.

Nathan doesn’t know who he can trust.

It’s a race against time.

Get Dad out of prison.

Mend a broken family.

And solve the mystery of the messenger bird.

Set around the top-secret Second World War codebreaking site Bletchley Park, The Messenger Bird is the gripping children’s thriller from Ruth Eastham, award-winning author of The Memory Cage.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Vertebrate Digital
• Release date: May 3, 2018
• ISBN: 9781911342601

Ruth Eastham

Ruth Eastham is an award-winning author from the UK. Her debut novel, The Memory Cage, was shortlisted for the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize and nominated for the Carnegie Medal, and her writing has won and been shortlisted for many other national and regional awards. Her second book, The Messenger Bird, won and was shortlisted for many local authority book prizes and its Enigma Code themes made it a featured book at the famous Bletchley Park. Ruth Eastham is a regular visitor to schools, in the UK and internationally, giving inspiring talks and running innovative creative writing workshops for all ages, fascinating children with the real life mysteries and dramas behind these and her other books: The Warrior in the Mist and The Jaguar Trials. She has lived in New Zealand, Australia and Italy and has two daughters.