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Title Statement | Code girls: the true story of the American women who secretly broke codes in World War II / Liza Mundy ; adapted by Laurie Calkhoven. |
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Author | Mundy, Liza, 1960- |
Additional Contributors | Calkhoven, Laurie |
Publication | New York: Little, Brown and Company,2019.©2018 |
Edition | Young readers edition, First edition. |
Extent of Item | xi, 320 pages |
ISBN | 0316353736 9780316353731 |
Other Number | 3413608 |
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. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-312) and index. |
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. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile literature--Cryptography |
World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile literature--Participation, Female | |
Cryptographers--Juvenile literature--History--20th century--United States | |
Cryptography--Juvenile literature--History--20th century--United States |