Chapters (82)
- Cover
- Dedication
- Part 1
- Flight Lieutenant James G. Beaufort-Stuart:
- Louisa Adair:
- Volunteer Ellen McEwen:
- Jamie:
- Louisa:
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- Part 2
- Ellen:
- Louisa:
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- Part 3
- Jamie:
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- Part 4
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- Discover More
- Author’s Declaration of Accountability
- Further reading:
- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- About the Author
- ALSO BY ELIZABETH WEIN
- PRAISE FOR
The only Bristol Blenheim flying today was restored by the Aircraft Restoration Company. The aircraft is currently based at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, England: https://www.aircraftrestorationcompany.com/blenheim
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. Music features prominently in The Enigma Game. How do different characters communicate through music? Do you think music is a universal language?
2. How do characters cope with loss and grief? What differences do you see in long-term versus short-term grief?
3. The Enigma Game is told from three perspectives. How do these voices differ from one another? What does each perspective bring to the narrative?
4. Large parts of everyday life in and around the RAF base happen in separate male and female spaces. How does this gendered separation shape characters’ lives?
5. Much of the story revolves around decoding secret messages. What forms of coded language do characters use? How do characters change their behavior to suit their environment?
6. Which revelations surprised you the most? Were you able to figure out the mystery before the characters did? Who did you suspect?
7. Who was your favorite character? Why?
8. While The Enigma Game is historical fiction, many of the issues the characters grapple with are still relevant today. What lessons can history teach us about the present?
9. In her author’s note, Elizabeth Wein highlights the Caribbean men and women who “felt that they were fighting against the more ferocious institutionalized prejudices of Nazism—despite the ironic and infuriating prejudices they faced from their own governing bodies.” How does institutionalized racism manifest itself in The Enigma Game? What challenges do Louisa and her family face because of the prejudices of white British and Americans?
10. If you’ve read either Code Name Verity or The Pearl Thief, you’ll have recognized some familiar faces in The Enigma Game. How do these recurring characters compare to their previous appearances? How do these three books relate to one another thematically?
About the Author
David Ho
ELIZABETH WEIN
was born in New York City, grew up abroad, and currently lives in Scotland with her husband and two children. She is an avid flier of small planes, and holds a PhD in folklore from the University of Pennsylvania. Elizabeth is the author of Code Name Verity, winner of the Edgar Award in the Young Adult category and a Printz Medal Honor Book; Rose Under Fire, winner of the Schneider Family Book Award; Black Dove, White Raven, winner of the Children’s Africana Book Award; and The Pearl Thief, a CILIP Carnegie Award nominee. She invites you to visit her online at elizabethwein.com.
ALSO BY ELIZABETH WEIN
Code Name Verity
Rose Under Fire
Black Dove, White Raven
The Pearl Thief