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The Enigma Game

Elizabeth Wein

During World War II in Windyedge, Scotland, Louisa Adair cares for Jane, a retired German opera singer. They share rooms at a pub with Ellen McEwan, an RAF volunteer driver who conceals that she is a Traveller because of prejudice. Louisa, who is Black Jamaican and British white, faces racism, while Jane downplays her German heritage. When a German pilot lands carrying an enigma machine for decoding messages, he must hide it at the pub before his intelligence contact arrives. The group becomes involved in a tense intelligence mission.

This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.

Book details

Lexile Text Measure
860L
ATOS Book Level
5.5
AR Interest Level
UG
AR Points
16
Word Count
101748
Fountas & Pinnell Text Level
T
Themes
Friendship · Mystery And Discovery · Racism And Prejudice · Technology And Engineering · War And Conflict
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published
November 9, 2021
Pages
448
ISBN-13
9780759557628
Language
English