TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mundy,Liza
TI  - Code girls: the true story of the American women who secretly broke codes in World War II 
SN  - 9780316353731
AV  - D810.C88 M862 2018
U1  - 940.54/867309252 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Little, Brown and Company
KW  - World War (1939-1945)
KW  - fast
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Cryptography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Participation, Female
KW  - Cryptographers
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Military participation
KW  - Female
KW  - Juvenile works
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; junior nonfiction; junior library guild
N2  - "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
ER  -