Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II (2017) Parents Guide: Is the book OK for kids?

Bontent's parent guide suggests Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II is best for ages 14+. Code Girls is a non-fiction historical account of the 10,000+ women who broke enemy codes for the US Army and Navy during WWII, necessitating a high-school-to-adult reading level. While educational, parents should note…

Books don't carry official age ratings. Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II is shelved by its publisher as Adult, but that's a marketing category, not a content rating — Bontent's own review of what's actually on the page puts it at ages 14+.

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II is 524 pages and its reading level is Upper High School. Bontent recommends it for ages 14+.

Code Girls is a non-fiction historical account of the 10,000+ women who broke enemy codes for the US Army and Navy during WWII, necessitating a high-school-to-adult reading level. While educational, parents should note frequent mentions of wartime atrocities (including Pearl Harbor and the Bataan Death March), the…

As a work of historical non-fiction, there is no graphic or explicit sexual content within the narrative. The text explores the social lives of women like Dot Braden and Ruth 'Crow' Weston, documenting the dating scene in wartime Washington D.C. where single…

Violence is conveyed through the intellectual reality of signals intelligence rather than visceral, first-person action scenes. The book provides sober accounts of the Pearl Harbor attack and the horrific conditions of the Bataan Death March as seen through…

The language in this book is very mild and suitable for a high school reading level. Profanity is rare and appears only when quoting historical documents, letters, or direct interviews with the veterans to maintain historical accuracy. Terms like 'damn' or…

The book mentions the social culture of the 1940s, which includes social drinking at bars, cocktail parties in Washington D.C., and ubiquitous cigarette smoking among workers and military personnel.

The narrative focuses heavily on the systemic gender discrimination of the mid-20th century, highlighting how women were recruited for their intelligence but often denied equal pay or rank. A significant portion of the book deals with the psychological burden…

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