The Friendship Riddle

Name: The Friendship Riddle
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Megan Frazer Blakemore
ISBN: 9781490691886

Author: Megan Frazer Blakemore

Narrator: Sandy Rustin

Unabridged: 7 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/05/2015

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Mystery & Detective, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Sixth-grader Ruth Mudd-Flaherty hasn't yet found her place at Humberboldt Middle School, at least that's how her moms see it. She prefers to be a lone wolf now that her very best friend, Charlotte Diamond, has moved on to a new, more socially acceptable group of friends. Ruth has been spending most of her time at the public library studying words for their school's upcoming spelling bee. She just knows that winning the bee will make people see her differently. Until she finds a mysterious note tucked into an old book.and in that note is a riddle. With no choice but to accept this mysterious invitation, Ruth sets off on a quest that could provide the answers to all her questions. But when solving the riddles becomes too difficult to complete alone, Ruth must allow others in. And doing so means that she might just end up making a new set of friends who share her love of adventure.

About Megan Frazer Blakemore

Megan Frazer Blakemoregrew up in a college town in New Hampshire much like the one in her book Very in Pieces. She attended Columbia University, where she earned a degree in English. After brief stints in the Peace Corps and the television industry, she pursued a master's in library science at Simmons School of Library and Information Science. She has over ten years' experience as a librarian and has taught writing to students in elementary through graduate school. She lives in Maine with her husband, two children, a cat, and two hives of bees. She is the author of books for teens and young readers, including Secrets of Truth & Beauty, an Indie Next Kids' Pick; The Water Castle, which was named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year; The Spy Catchers of Maple Hill; and Good and Gone.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephanie on July 27, 2015

First impression: OK, I only just started this, but I already have to say: oh, wow, what an immersive, wonderful voice the heroine has - and oh, how fun it is to read about an MG heroine who's a fantasy fan! I've seen a lot of books where the *boys* are fantasy fans, but this is the first one I can......more

Goodreads review by Akshaya on August 10, 2020

it is a really nice story :)......more

Goodreads review by Melissapalmer404 on March 29, 2015

Book #36 Read in 2015 The Friendship Riddle by Megan Frazer Blakemore This was a good young adult mystery, perfect for upper elementary and middle school readers. Ruth finds clues/notes in old library books at her neighborhood library which seem to lead to more clues. Since Ruth loves reading about pe......more

Goodreads review by Ellie on February 17, 2016

This book was just my jam. Snowpocalypse + shifting middle school friendships + quests around a small town + interest in fantasy without being fantasy + awkward heroine who likes nerdy things + realistic library portrayal (shelf lists! Dewey!) + a spelling bee (even though I'm not a great speller, t......more

Goodreads review by Lesley on October 11, 2015

A kid who doesn't want to grow up too fast, on the outs with her best friend due to middle school growing pains and saddled with a quest that she cannot solve alone...Ruth manages to move through tween-life while being true to herself. Fans of The Penderwicks (Birdsall) and Ana Wright (Keating's My......more