Gabriel Finley and the Raven’s Riddle
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Authors: George Hagen
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Text copyright © 2014 by George Hagen
Jacket art and interior illustrations copyright © 2014 by Scott Bakal
Frontispiece illustration copyright © 2014 by Jake Parker
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hagen, George.
Gabriel Finley and the raven's riddle / George Hagen. â First edition.
pages cm
Summary: Eleven-year-old Gabriel, with the help of the young raven Paladin, with whom he has a magical bond, travels to the foreboding land of Aviopolis, where he must face challenges and unanswerable riddles to rescue his long-missing father.
ISBN 978-0-385-37103-2 (hc) â ISBN 978-0-385-37104-9 (glb) â
ISBN 978-0-385-37105-6 (ebook)
[1. Adventure and adventurersâFiction. 2. Voyages and travelsâFiction. 3. MagicâFiction. 4. Missing personsâFiction. 5. RavensâFiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.H12346Gab 2014
[Fic]âdc23
2013032533
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This raven tale is written for a soul whom I adore. To spell her name correctly, please first solve these riddles four:
Let's go back to the Romans, who,
When writing 50, always drew
This letter for a numeral, too.
Oh, the shame and dreadful woe
Expressed by poets long ago
(This very rhyme's a clue, y'know).
Letter three can best be found
Upon the banknote of a pound
Before the number, safe and sound.
At last, the fourth, a note played clear
For all in an orchestra to hear
Before the maestro may appear.
âG.H.
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Solution to dedication: The answer to the first riddle is the letter
L
, which is the Roman numeral for 50. The second answer is
O
, which rhymes with
woe, ago
, and
know
. The third answer is
L
again, the symbol for the British pound. The fourth answer is
A
, the note always played by the first violinist to get an orchestra in tune before a performance. Sharp eyes may have noticed that each riddle begins with its answer!
Ravens and Riddles 