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Enigma girls : how ten teenagers broke ciphers, kept secrets, and helped win World War II
Author: Fleming, Candace

Publisher: Scholastic Focus (2024)

Dewey: 940.54
Classification: Nonfiction
Physical Description: 371 p., ill., 22 cm

BTSB No: 341117

ISBN: 9781338749571

Ages: 8-12

Grades: 3-7

Subjects:
Government Code and Cypher School (Great Britain)
Great Britain. -- Royal Navy. -- Women's Royal Naval Service (1939-1993)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography
Enigma cipher system
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- Great Britain
Bletchley Park (Milton Keynes, England) -- History

Price: $24.48

Summary:
Bletchley Park was a well-kept secret during World War II, operating under the code name Station X. The critical work of code-cracking Nazi missives that went on behind its closed doors could determine a victory or loss against Hitler's army. Amidst the brilliant cryptographers, flamboyant debutantes, and absent-minded professors working there, it was teenaged girls who kept Station X running. Some could do advanced math, while others spoke a second language.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 6.60
   Points: 6.0   Quiz: 550781

Awards:
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, 2025

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (+) (01/15/24)
   School Library Journal (+) (01/01/24)
   Booklist (+) (02/01/24)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (+) (00/03/24)
The Hornbook (+) (00/05/24)

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