Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

The beloved #1>New York Times>bestseller, a fiendishly plotted>(New York Times) heart-in-your mouth adventure (Washington Post), that will take wing and soar into your heart (Laurie Halse Anderson).
Oct. 11th, 1943-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. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun.

When Verity is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn't stand a chance. As a secret agent captured in enemy territory, she's living a spy's worst nightmare. Her Nazi interrogators give her a simple choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution.

As she intricately weaves her confession, Verity uncovers her past, how she became friends with the pilot Maddie, and why she left Maddie in the wrecked fuselage of their plane. On each new scrap of paper, Verity battles for her life, confronting her views on courage, failure and her desperate hope to make it home. But will trading her secrets be enough to save her from the enemy?

A universally acclaimed Michael L. Printz Award Honor book, Code Name Verity>is a visceral read of danger, resolve, and survival that shows just how far true friends will go to save each other.

The beloved #1>New York Times>bestseller, a fiendishly plotted>(New York Times) heart-in-your mouth adventure (Washington Post), that will take wing and soar into your heart (Laurie Halse Anderson).
Oct. 11th, 1943-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. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun.

When Verity is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn't stand a chance. As a secret agent captured in enemy territory, she's living a spy's worst nightmare. Her Nazi interrogators give her a simple choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution.

As she intricately weaves her confession, Verity uncovers her past, how she became friends with the pilot Maddie, and why she left Maddie in the wrecked fuselage of their plane. On each new scrap of paper, Verity battles for her life, confronting her views on courage, failure and her desperate hope to make it home. But will trading her secrets be enough to save her from the enemy?

A universally acclaimed Michael L. Printz Award Honor book, Code Name Verity>is a visceral read of danger, resolve, and survival that shows just how far true friends will go to save each other.

Elizabeth Wein was born in New York City, raised in the United Kingdom, and now lives in Scotland with her husband and two children. She is a frequent small plane flyer. She also has a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in Folklore. Her website is www.elizabethwein.com.

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ISBN 13	9781423152194
ISBN 10	1423152190
Title	Code Name Verity
Author	Elizabeth Wein
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Hyperion
Year published	2012-05-15
Number of pages	352
Prizes	Winner of Edgar Allan Poe Awards (Young Adult) 2013, Commended for Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Fiction) 2012, Commended for Michael L. Printz Award (Young Adult) 2013, Commended for L.A. Times Book Prize (Young Adult Literature) 2012, Commended for Tayshas Reading 2013, Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Fourteen and Up) 2013, Commended for Grand Canyon Reader Award (Teen) 2015, Commended for Golden Kite (Fiction) 2013, Commended for Cybils (Young Adult Fiction) 2012, Short-listed for Agatha Awards (Children/Young Adult) 2012
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