*Winner of the 2020 Crystal Kite Awards*

*Winner of the Cook Prize (Silver Medalist)*

*Winner of the Best Children's Books of the Year by Bank Street College 2020 in the STEM category*

*Finalist for a SCBWI's Crystal Kite Award, Atlantic Region*

Age range 5+

To her adoring public, Hedy Lamarr was a glamorous movie star. But in private, she was something more: a brilliant inventor. Now Laurie Wallmark and Katy Wu, who collaborated on Sterling's critically acclaimed picture-book biography Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code, tell the inspiring story of how, during World War Two, Lamarr developed a groundbreaking communications system that still remains essential to the security of today's technology.