The Wish Ring Cipher
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected Feb 3, 2026
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
A group of code–busting friends races to find a powerful ring before their rivals can use it for dark magic.
Emma Avery has always loved solving puzzles and codes, and now that she’s processing a recent autism diagnosis and facing down seventh grade at a new school, they’re even more important to her.
Then Emma meets Nate Lin. He’s popular and funny and . . . loves codes, too. He introduces Emma to the Codebreakers, a group of his friends dedicated to cracking codes that have been discovered in the ruins of a nearby ghost town, which are believed to lead to magical objects. But they’re not the only ones on the hunt, and when their sinister rivals close in on an object that grants unlimited wishes, the Codebreakers must race to beat them to it before they use it for dark magic.
The Wish Ring Cipher is a fast-paced adventure brimming with magic and warmth that introduces a tenacious and endearing heroine on a quest to save the world—and to make some friends along the way.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A sweet-natured, cryptology-loving middle schooler builds confidence solving magical puzzles and mysteries in this smart series launch from Ott (Legend of the Realm). Following a recent autism diagnosis, Emma Avery is feeling especially nervous about starting seventh grade at Afton Academy. As she struggles to make eye contact and converse with most of her classmates and teachers, a literal hallway collision with kind and popular Nate Lin becomes a turning point in her social landscape when she learns that he's a fellow codebreaker aficionado. Nate invites Emma to his lunch table and, more interestingly, into the Codebreakers, his crew of puzzling pals, who are intent on cracking a series of ciphers that purportedly lead to enchanted artifacts buried in the ruins of a nearby decimated village. Though she's skeptical about magic, Emma relishes the challenge of solving a tricky mystery to obtain a supposedly wish-granting ring, a task that becomes all the more urgent when it's discovered that an evil splinter group of adult codebreakers also seeks the item. While adult reactions to a climactic denouement strain credulity, fans of interactive, puzzle-filled volumes will enjoy the ciphers and code symbols embedded throughout. Experience-informed prose, per an author's note, portrays Emma's neurodivergence with care and clarity, while suspenseful ambiance keeps the pages turning. Characters are described as having varying skin tones. Ages 8–12.
