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jehansen127's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: War, Sexism, and Panic attacks/disorders
anxiouslybooked's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
Description: Elizebeth Smith Friedman was critical in the world of code breaking, but has been vastly overlooked throughout history. This novel works to showcase her attributions to the field of code-breaking and shine the spotlight on the work she did such as being the first code breaker for the Treasury Department and the Coast Guard, and intercepting and breaking coded messages frommMob bosses such as Al Capone.
Thoughts: Middle level students will find this nonfiction book rather engaging. While it is giving a lot of information about Elizebeth’s life, there are images throughout to help show what the author is discussing. I found those to be really beneficial especially when discussing code breaking and cipher machines.
maggiecoyne's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.25
A middle grades story of one of the first female code-breakers in the US - informative and interesting!
kerri_m's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
I would have been fascinated by Elizebeth's life as a young reader.