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1) The Bletchley riddle

Author

Sepetys, Ruta

Language

English

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Remember, you are bound by the Official Secrets Act... Summer, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie share a love of riddles and puzzles. And now they're living inside of one. The quarrelsome siblings find themselves amidst one of the greatest secrets of World War II -- Britain's eccentric codebreaking factory at Bletchley Park. As Jakob joins Bletchley's top minds to crack the Nazi's Enigma cipher, fourteen-year-old...

2) The geese that won the war: a Bletchley Park novel

Author

Ludwig, Marilyn

Language

English

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"Between the years 1939-1945, more than 10,000 people, from all ranks of life, involved themselves in one of the most top-secret missions the world has ever known. All quietly "doing their bit," they cracked enemy codes, saving Britain from Nazi domination and the world from two or three more years of war. The enigma machine. After encountering this bewildering gift from Poland, Sheila Bradshaw knew she would never again be the same. She had entered...