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Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
"No, it's not a message from outer space! Just read it backwards, starting from the bottom line, to discover what this specially coded message says. (The extra letter "X" at the beginning was thrown in just to make the message a bit more mysterious.) Codes have been used for centuries. Now, with the help of this entertaining book, you, too, will be able to decipher dozens of secret messages. Veteran cryptographer Bud Johnson not only describes the...
2) Cryptography
Author
Publisher
Teacher Created Materials
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explores the subject of cryptography, examining how various ciphers were developed and used through history by monarchs, spies, and soldiers. Also discusses the future of the field. Includes a glossary, further resources, and tips for creating secret messages.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them.
Author
Publisher
Dey Street Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In 1916, at the height of World War I, brilliant Shakespeare expert Elizebeth Smith went to work for an eccentric tycoon on his estate outside Chicago. The tycoon had close ties to the U.S. government, and he soon asked Elizebeth to apply her language skills to an exciting new venture: code-breaking. There she met the man who would become her husband, groundbreaking cryptologist William Friedman. Though she and Friedman are in many ways the "Adam...
Author
Language
English
Description
1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla is the girl who has everything, but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl. Imperious self-made Mab, works the legendary codebreaking machines as she conceals old wounds. Both Osla and Mab are quick to see...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
" "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...
Author
Publisher
Heinemann-Raintree
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Briefly explores the work of a number of spies and code breakers working against the Nazis in World War II, such as agents code named "Garbo" and "Agent Zigzag," as well as Alan Turing and Barbara Lauwers.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"1943. As war in the Pacific rages on, Isabel Cooper and her codebreaker colleagues huddle in the dungeon at Station Hypo in Pearl Harbor, deciphering secrets plucked from the airwaves in a race to bring down the enemy. Isabel has only one wish: to avenge her brother's death. But she soon finds life has other plans when she meets his best friend, a hotshot pilot with secrets of his own. 1965. Fledgling journalist Lu Freitas comes home to Hawai'i to...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
During World War II, the Japanese military cracked the codes used by the American Army and Navy, but never the Marines. What made the Marines' code different? They used Navajo Code Talkers, specially recruited American Indian soldiers who used their language to send and receive top-secret messages. Infographics, sidebars, and fact boxes bring the experiences of these brave military men to life.
Author
Publisher
Creative Editions
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Amidst a complicated history of mistreatment by and distrust of the American government, the Navajo people--especially bilingual code talkers--helped the Allies win World War II"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Full-color graphic novel retells the story of the Navajo Code Talkers, a group of Navajo soldiers who developed a code for transmitting messages based on their native language that was never decoded by enemy forces for the duration of its use in three wars. Includes a glossary, resources for further reading, and discussion questions.
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Biography of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, an American woman who pioneered codebreaking in WWI and WWII but was only recently recognized for her extraordinary contributions to the field"-- Provided by publisher.
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