03206cam a2200505 i 4500 z9ilms b4151732 DLC 20240326145729.0 230825s2024 nyua c b 001 0ceng 2023036019 9781338749571 AJM pcc e-uk--- e-uk-en D810.C88 F54 2024 940.54/8641 23/eng/20230825 Fleming, Candace, author. 16214 The enigma girls : how ten teenagers broke ciphers, kept secrets, and helped win World War II / Candace Fleming. First edition. New York : Scholastic Focus, 2024. 371 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. text txt rdacontent. unmediated n rdamedia. volume nc rdacarrier. Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-350) and index. ""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. 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. Ages 7-11 Scholastic Inc. Grades 4-6 Scholastic Inc. Government Code and Cypher School (Great Britain) Juvenile literature. 16215 Great Britain. Royal Navy. Women's Royal Naval Service (1939-1993) Biography Juvenile literature. 16216 Government Code and Cypher School (Great Britain) 16217 Great Britain. Royal Navy. Women's Royal Naval Service (1939-1993) Biography. 16218 World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography Juvenile literature. 16219 Enigma cipher system Juvenile literature. 16220 World War, 1939-1945 Military intelligence Great Britain Juvenile literature. 16221 World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography. 16222 Enigma cipher system. 16223 World War, 1939-1945 Military intelligence Great Britain. 16224 Bletchley Park (Milton Keynes, England) History Juvenile literature. 16225 Bletchley Park (Milton Keynes, England) History. 16226 Biographies. lcgft 5221 Online version: Fleming, Candace. Enigma girls First edition. New York : Scholastic Focus, 2024 9781338749588 (DLC) 2023036020. .b188816392 ddc BOOK 29419 29419 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ YANF 2024-03-26 19.99 1 4 J 940.54 FLEM 65916 2024-06-11 2024-04-02 2024-03-26 BOOK 1