Secret Sparrow

<p>This is the story of women who fought during WWI, but not as nurses or ambulance drivers.</p>
<p>In 1917 sixteen-year-old Jean McLain is working as a post-office assistant in England. But when she wins a national Morse code competition, the British army makes a request Jean cannot refuse – to take a secret position as a signaller in France.</p><p>If Jean can keep the signals flowing between headquarters and the soldiers at the Front, Britain might possibly win the war.</p><p>But the British army are determined to hide its desperation – and will go on to burn every document that showed how women and girls were working behind the scenes, in the trenches and even in battles during World War I.</p><p>Decades later, an old woman tells the story of 'the telegraph girl': the friends she lost, the man who loved her, and the happiness she so surprisingly found again.</p><p>Based on true events, this story of adventure, courage and unshakable loyalty restores women and girls to their place in history that the authorities tried to erase.

<strong>AWARDS</strong></p><p>Longlisted - 2024 Book Links Award for Children's Historical Fiction</p>