Code Name Verity
Author: Elizabeth E. Wein
Pages: 452
Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction
Hook:
A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. Arrested by the Gestapo, “Verity” is given a choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution. They’ll get the truth out of her. Only, it won’t be what they expect.
A visceral read of danger, resolve, and survival, Code Name Verity shows just how far true friends will go to save each other.
Rating: 6.4 /10
I would maybe recommend this book
Review: What in the world?? I TRULY have no idea. Okay, so for the first solid third of this book I was bored out of my mind. I was reading at such a SLOW pace and didn’t really care about the characters too much. But then, the book took a massive turn and all of a sudden……. I actually started getting super invested in this book!! I started to see how the different stories connected and was totally loving it!! Then, the book twisted AGAIN. Originally, I didn’t like this twist at all. But then it kinda made me feel more connected to this book (I might have even cried a little after reading it). In the end, when I think back to reading this book, overall i’ve decided that I do like Code Name Verity. However, I know I didn’t like a big portion of the beginning, so I can’t really give this too good of a rating. Anyways, I ended up liking this book more than I thought I would, so to me, that’s a good thing (but honestly, it still wasn’t great).
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Elizabeth Wein is a recreational pilot and the owner of about a thousand maps. Flight inspires her writing for young adults, including her bestselling World War II thriller Code Name Verity and her nonfiction book A thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II. Elizabeth lives in Scotland and holds the American and British citizenship. She is married to games developer Tim Gatland, and they have two grown children. She invites you to visit her at elizabethwein.com.
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