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Author Mundy, Liza, 1960- author.

Title Code girls : the true story of the American women who secretly broke codes in World War II / Liza Mundy ; adapted by Laurie Calkhoven.

Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Teen  TEEN 940.54 MUNDY    Storage
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 Burlington Public Library - Middle School Books  M940.548 MUNDY    Check Shelf
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 Granby, Main Library - Teen  TEEN 940.54 MUN    Check Shelf
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Edition Young readers edition.
First edition.
Description xi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-312) and index.
Contents Introduction: the secret letters -- The most difficult problem -- "I have something to show you" -- Magic -- "It was heart-rending" -- Midway -- The most important secret -- WAVES -- Uncle Sam wants you! -- "Q for communications" -- MacArthur's secret weapon -- "That's it! that's it!" -- A major break -- Twenty-eight acres of girls -- The largest clandestine message center in the world -- "I'm saving it!" -- So many girls -- Operation vengeance -- Sugar Camp -- Breaking shark -- The tables turn -- Pencil-pushing mamas sink Japanese ships -- One sad shoe -- Department K -- "Enemy landing at the mouth of the Seine" -- D-day -- Teedy -- The surrender message -- Peace -- Epilogue: the mitten.
Summary "A nonfiction chronicle of the courageous efforts of remarkable young women recruited by the US government to crack German and Japanese military codes during World War II."--Provided by publisher.
Audience Ages 8-12.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR 7.7 10.0 197966.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female -- Juvenile literature.
Cryptographers -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Cryptography -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
Cryptographers.
Cryptography.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Adventure & Adventurers.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography -- Historical.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography -- Women.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Girls & Women.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- History -- Military & Wars.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- United States -- History -- 20th Century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female -- Juvenile literature.
Cryptographers -- History -- United States -- Juvenile literature. -- 20th century.
Cryptography -- History -- United States -- Juvenile literature. -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography.
Cryptographers. (OCoLC)fst00884550
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
Cryptography. (OCoLC)fst00884552
Military participation -- Female.
Military participation -- Female. (OCoLC)fst01353719
United States.
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Cryptography -- History -- 20th century -- United States.
Military participation -- Female.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author Calkhoven, Laurie, author.
ISBN 9780316353731 (hardcover)
0316353736 (hardcover)
9780316353748 (ebook)
9780316353755 (library edition ebook)
9780316353779 (paperback)
0316353779
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