Teen Book Talk: Monica Hesse – The Brightwood Code

About the Book:

After serving as a switchboard operator only a few miles from the trenches during the Great War, Edda St. James returns home broken in spirit. Then she receives a mysterious call with a code word that triggers the old wounds. As Edda tries to bring comfort to people traumatized by her mistake, she realizes there are deeper betrayals, some of which are very close to home. To finally move forward, Edda must uncover them all, but is it even possible?

About the Author:

Monica Hesse is the New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction for young adults, including Girl in the Blue Coat and They Went Left, as well as a Pulitzer Prize finalist columnist at the Washington Post. She lives outside Washington, DC with her family.

In Conversation with:

Dan Kois is an editor, podcaster and writer at Slate. He’s the author of a novel, Vintage Contemporaries, and three nonfiction books: How to Be a Family, The World Only Spins Forward (with Isaac Butler), and Facing Future.

Ages 13 – 17