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About the Author

Jennifer A. Nielsen lives at the base of a very tall mountain in Northern Utah with her husband, three children, and a naughty puppy. She loves the smell of rainy days, hot chocolate, and old books, preferably all at once. She is a former speech teacher, theater director, and enjoyed a brief but disastrous career as a door-to-door pollster. In her spare time, Jennifer tends to panic, wondering what she has forgotten to do that has allowed her any spare time. -from goodreads


Quick Facts:

Birthday: July 10

Hobbies when she’s not writing: Watching movies, going on walks, reading, hanging out with the family.

However, right now she’s probably: Doing laundry. (Unless my editor is reading this, in which case I swear I am writing!)

Favorite movie(s): Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Favorite author: JK Rowling

Favorite food: Pho

Current drink addiction: Coke Zero or Diet Mountain Dew. Hard to choose. -jennielsen.com/about2

About the Book

Six hundred and fifty-seven days ago, Meg Kenyon’s father left their home in France to fight for the Allies in World War II, and that was the last time Meg saw him. Recently, she heard he was being held prisoner by the Nazis, a terrible sentence from which Meg fears he’ll never return. All she has left of him are the codes he placed in a jar for her to decipher, an affectionate game the two of them shared. But the codes are running low, and soon there’ll be nothing left of Papa for Meg to hold on to at all.

Suddenly, an impossible chance to save her father falls into Meg’s lap. After following a trail of blood in the snow, Meggie finds an injured British spy hiding in her grandmother’s barn. Captain Stewart tells her that a family of German refugees must be guided across Nazi-occupied France to neutral Spain, whereupon one of them has promised to free Meg’s father. Captain Stewart was meant to take that family on their journey, but too injured to complete the task himself, he offers it to Meg, along with a final code from Papa to help complete the mission — perhaps the most important, and most difficult, riddle she’s received yet.

As the Nazis flood Meg’s village in fierce pursuit, she accepts the duty and begins the trek across France. Leading strangers through treacherous territory, Meg faces danger and uncertainty at every turn, all the while struggling to crack her father’s code. The message, as she unravels it, reveals secrets costly enough to risk the mission and even her own life. Can Meg solve the puzzle, rescue the family, and save her father?


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Also by Jennifer A. Nielsen:

Words on Fire

State List Nominations: Colorado Children’s Book Award (20-21); Iowa Children’s Choice Award (`21-22); Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award (20-21); Ohio Buckeye Book Award (’21-’22); Texas Bluebonnet Award (’21-’22);

Resistance

State List Nominations: Georgia Children’s Book Award Winner (19-20); Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award (20-21); Kentucky Bluegrass Award (19-20); *Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelace (`20-21); Nebraska Golden Sower Award (20-21); North Carolina Battle of the Books List (19-20); Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice (`19-20); TX Lone Star (`19-20). (*Winner)

A Night Divided

State List nominations: Arizona Grand Canyon Young Readers Book Award (18-19); *California Young Readers Award (17-18); *Illinois Rebecca Caudil Award (17-18); Hawaii Nēnē Award (“20-21); Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award (18-19); Maine Student Book Award (16-17); *Maryland Black-eyed Susan Book Award (17-18); *Massachusetts Children’s Book Award (`18-19); *Minnesota Youth Reading Hard (18-19); Missouri Truman Award (17-18); Nebraska Golden Sower Award (17-18); New Hampshire Great Stone Face Award (16-17); Oregon Battle of the Books (16-17); Texas Lone Star (16-17); *South Dakota Young Adult Readers Award (16-17); *Utah Beehive Book Award (16-17); Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award (16-17); Middle School Virginia Readers Choice (17-18); *Washington Sasquatch Award (18-19); Wisconsin Golden Archer Award (17-18); *Wyoming Indian paintbrush Award (16-17) *Winner

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