Code Name Verity is an outstanding novel that will stick with you long after the last page. Harrowing and beautifully written, Elizabeth Wein creates a visceral read of danger, resolve, and survival that shows just how far true friends will go to save each other. But will trading her secrets be enough to save her from the enemy? On each new scrap of paper, Verity battles for her life, confronting her views on courage and failure and her desperate hope to make it home. Her Nazi interrogators give her a simple choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution.Īs 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. As a secret agent captured in enemy territory, she's living a spy's worst nightmare. When "Verity" is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn't stand a chance.
This look would be easy to put together with a bomber jacket, aviator inspired hat, scarf and some sort of goggles. It was really inspiring and these woman were kickass. Despite the amazing story itself, I loved learning about how important female pilots were in the war. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein: This book is one of my all time favorites. One of the girls has a chance at survival. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. 11th, 1943 - A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France.
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