In Secrets at Bletchley Park by Margaret Dickinson, two young women
from very different backgrounds meet in the Second World War and
are plunged into a life where security and discretion are
paramount. But both have secrets of their own to hide . . . In
1929, life for ten-year-old Mattie Price, born and raised in the
back streets of Sheffield, is tough. With a petty thief for a
father and a mother who turns to the bottle to cope with her
husband's brutish ways, it is left to the young girl and her
brother, Joe, to feed and care for their three younger siblings.
But Mattie has others rooting for her too. The Spencer family, who
live at the top of the same street, and Mattie's teachers recognize
that the girl is clever beyond her years and they, and Joe, are
determined that she shall have the opportunity in life she
deserves. Victoria Hamilton, living in the opulence of London's
Kensington, has all the material possessions that a young girl
could want. But her mother, Grace, a widow from the Great War, is
cold and distant, making no secret of the fact that she never
wanted a child. Grace lives her life in the social whirl of
upper-class society, leaving Victoria in the care of her governess
and the servants. At eleven years old, Victoria is sent to boarding
school where, for the first time in her young life, she is able to
make friends of her own age. Mattie and Victoria are both set on a
path that will bring them together at Bletchley Park in May 1940.
An unlikely friendship between the two young women is born and
together they will face the rest of the war keeping the nation's
secrets and helping to win the fight. They can tell no one, not
even their families, about their work or even where they are. But
keeping secrets is second nature to both of them . . .
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