The Enigma girls : how ten teenagers broke ciphers, kept secrets, and helped win World War II / Candace Fleming.
Fleming, Candace, author.
2024
YA D810.C88 F54 2024 (Mapit)
On loan from Midgrade/YA Collection, due 25. Jun 2024

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Title The Enigma girls : how ten teenagers broke ciphers, kept secrets, and helped win World War II / Candace Fleming.
Author Fleming, Candace, author.
Edition First edition.
ISBN 9781338749571 hardcover
1338749579 hardcover
9781338749588 electronic book
Published New York, NY : Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2024.
Copyright ©2024
Language English
Description 371 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Call Number YA D810.C88 F54 2024
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.54/8641
Summary "You are to report to Station X at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, in four days time ... That is all you need to know." This was the terse telegram hundreds of young women throughout the British Isles received in the spring of 1941, as World War II raged. As they arrived at Station X, a sprawling mansion in a state of disrepair surrounded by Spartan-looking huts with little chimneys coughing out thick smoke--these young people had no idea what kind of work they were stepping into. Who had recommended them? Why had they been chosen? Most would never learn all the answers to these questions. 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. They ran the unwieldy bombe machines, made sense of wireless sound waves, and sorted the decoded messages. They were expected to excel in their fields and most importantly: know how to keep a secret"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience Ages 7-11 Scholastic Inc.
Grades 4-6 Scholastic Inc.
Series True stories in focus.
Available in Other Form Enigma girls.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books > New Popular Reading
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Introduction
1939-1945: War and Y
1940: Secrets, secrets, and more secrets
1941: Ciphers, spies, and a mysterious summons
1942: Bombes and codebooks
1943: Slogging, grinding war work
1944: D-Day and its secret helpers
1945: War's end and the years after.

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