Teen summer reading club weekly clues

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Solve a weekly clue to get an extra entry in the week’s prize draw! Email your answer to teens@nvcl.ca to be entered. 

Once you have solved all nine clues you will be left with nine letters (the first or last letter of each answer). Rearrange the letters to come up with one winning word and email teens@nvcl.ca by Sept. 5 to win a prize. Good luck!

Week 1 (July 4 – 10)

Riddle: It can fill a room without occupying any space, what is it?

Hint: _ _ _ _ _

Once you have solved the riddle, save the first letter of the word!

Week 2 (July 11 – 17)

Crack the code: 

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Hint: 2 words, only 6 different letters: 4 consonants (odd numbers), 2 vowels (even numbers are E and A).

Once you have solved the riddle, save the first letter of the first word!

Week 3 (July 18 – 24)

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Solve the puzzle:

Hint: 2 words

Once you have solved the puzzle, save the first letter of the first word!

Week 4 (July 25 – 31)

Word scramble 

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Hint: It's rather spooky!

Once you have solved the puzzle, save the first letter of the first word!

Week 5 (Aug. 1 – 6)

Word search

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Hint: Something you don’t want in your dreams … 9 letter word.

Remember word searches go up and down, forward and backwards.

Once you have solved the puzzle, save the first letter of the word!

Week 6 (Aug. 7 – 13)

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Word cross

Hint: Life is full of them.  
Combine all the letters in this word cross to make one word:  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Once you have solved the puzzle, save the first letter of the word!

Week 7 (Aug. 14 – 20)

Riddle

When you fall it’s because of me. I hold you down. My power keeps the world turning and the stars in the sky. What am I?

Hint: The centre of me is v.

Once you have solved the puzzle, save the first letter of the word!

Week 8 (Aug. 22 – 28)

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Hint: Somewhere you might find a clue if you were in Paris.

Once you have solved the puzzle, save the first letter of the first word!

Week 9 (Aug. 29 – Sept. 4)

Take the first letter of each answer below and scramble the letters to form a new four-letter word. 

Something you do with a graphic novel: ____ 
A single unit or thing: ___  
The completion of a story: ___ 
Be afraid of: ______

Hint: The new four-letter word has a lovely smell.

Once you have solved the puzzle, save the LAST letter of the word!

Once you have solved all nine clues you will be left with nine letters (the first or last letter of each answer). Rearrange the letters to come up with one winning word and email teens@nvcl.ca by Sept. 5 to win a prize. Good luck!

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