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Code Name Verity

Code Name Verity

by Elizabeth Wein
CD-Audio
Publication Date: 07/05/2013

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Oct. 11, 1943A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France.Its pilot and passenger are best friends.One of the girls has a shot 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.They'll get the truth out of her. But it won't be what they expect.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 a merciless and ruthless enemy?Harrowing and beautifully written, Code Name Verity is the story of an unforgettable friendship forged in the face of the ultimate evil.
ISBN:
9781743164891
9781743164891
Category:
Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
CD-Audio
Publication Date:
07-05-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bolinda Audio
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
140x171x32mm
Weight:
0.23kg
Elizabeth Wein

Before becoming a writer, Elizabeth Wein studied at Yale University and completed a PhD in Folklore at the University of Philadelphia.

Her first book was published in 1993 and she has since written several novels for young adults including the award-winning Code Name Verity. Much of Elizabeth’s writing is inspired by her love of flying and she is a member of the International Organisation of Women Pilots. She lives in Scotland.

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