Genre: Historical Fiction
Themes: World War II, Aviation, Spies, Friendship
Author Information: Elizabeth Wein was born in the US but lives in Scotland with her English husband and two children. She has written many acclaimed books including the "Mark of Solomon" sequence. She has a PhD in Folklore from the University of Pennsylvania and shares a love of aviation with her husband.
Plot Summary: Under interrogation of the Nazis, captured spy "Verity" must reveal her mission or face brutal execution. As Verity (aka Julie, aka Scottie, aka Queenie) documents her experiences, her captors learn the genesis of her spy work and her friendship with beloved Maddie whom she left on a French field in a wrecked plane. While Verity confesses, she also reveals her thoughts on bravery, friendship, loyal and love and unexpected truths for all her readers. Maddie by turn ends up with Julie's ID papers and finds her way through the French resistance, and displays her own devotion and courage as she acts on her way on the ground instead of in the air where she belonged.
Booktalk: "Finding your best friend is like falling in love." Not what you expect from a World War II spy novel, and not what "Verity's" Nazi captors expect either. Dashing over the Atlantic for undercover operations provides the thrills for Julie (code name: Verity), supported (literally and emotionally) by her unlikely comrade Maddie. When Verity gets discovered in occupied France, it is her devotion to Maddie that helps her endure the torture and degradation of capture.
If you loved this, you'll like:
Boyne, John. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. David Fickling Books, 2006.
Lawrence, Iain. B is for Buster. Random House, 2007.
Peet, Mal. Tamar. Candlewick Press, 2008.
Rosoff, Meg. How I Live Now. Wendy Lamb Books, 2004.
Other books by this author:
Rose Under Fire. Hyperion, 2013. (Companion to Code Name Verity)
The Lion Hunters: The Arthurian/Aksumite Cycle
The Winter Prince. Atheneum, 1993.
A Coalition of Lions. Viking, 2003.
The Sunbird. Viking, 2004.
The Lion Hunter. Viking, 2007.
The Empty Kingdom. Viking, 2008.
Themes: World War II, Aviation, Spies, Friendship
Author Information: Elizabeth Wein was born in the US but lives in Scotland with her English husband and two children. She has written many acclaimed books including the "Mark of Solomon" sequence. She has a PhD in Folklore from the University of Pennsylvania and shares a love of aviation with her husband.
Plot Summary: Under interrogation of the Nazis, captured spy "Verity" must reveal her mission or face brutal execution. As Verity (aka Julie, aka Scottie, aka Queenie) documents her experiences, her captors learn the genesis of her spy work and her friendship with beloved Maddie whom she left on a French field in a wrecked plane. While Verity confesses, she also reveals her thoughts on bravery, friendship, loyal and love and unexpected truths for all her readers. Maddie by turn ends up with Julie's ID papers and finds her way through the French resistance, and displays her own devotion and courage as she acts on her way on the ground instead of in the air where she belonged.
Booktalk: "Finding your best friend is like falling in love." Not what you expect from a World War II spy novel, and not what "Verity's" Nazi captors expect either. Dashing over the Atlantic for undercover operations provides the thrills for Julie (code name: Verity), supported (literally and emotionally) by her unlikely comrade Maddie. When Verity gets discovered in occupied France, it is her devotion to Maddie that helps her endure the torture and degradation of capture.
If you loved this, you'll like:
Boyne, John. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. David Fickling Books, 2006.
Lawrence, Iain. B is for Buster. Random House, 2007.
Peet, Mal. Tamar. Candlewick Press, 2008.
Rosoff, Meg. How I Live Now. Wendy Lamb Books, 2004.
Other books by this author:
Rose Under Fire. Hyperion, 2013. (Companion to Code Name Verity)
The Lion Hunters: The Arthurian/Aksumite Cycle
The Winter Prince. Atheneum, 1993.
A Coalition of Lions. Viking, 2003.
The Sunbird. Viking, 2004.
The Lion Hunter. Viking, 2007.
The Empty Kingdom. Viking, 2008.