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2012

Format:	Book
Author:	Wein, Elizabeth.
Title:	Code name Verity / Elizabeth Wein.
Edition:	First Hyperion Books hardcover edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Hyperion Books, 2012.
Description:	343 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:	In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can. "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."-- goodreads.com.
Audience	1020L Lexile
Notes:	Companion to: Rose under fire. Sequel to: The pearl thief. Accelerated Reader UG 6.5 15 15 151635 Boston Globe Horn Book Fiction Honor, 2012. Michael L. Printz Award, 2013.
Subjects:	Women air pilots -- Fiction. Air pilots -- Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Nazis -- Fiction. Insurgency -- Fiction. Young adult fiction. Great Britain -- History -- George VI, 1936-1952 -- Fiction. France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction.
Genre:	Fiction. Historical fiction. History. Juvenile works. Spy fiction. Young adult works. Spy stories.
LCCN:	2011024857
ISBN:	9781423152194 1423152190 9781423152880 (trade pbk.) 1423152883 (trade pbk.)
Other Number:	748286341
System Availability:	25
Current Holds:	0
Control Number:	961336

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Elizabeth Wein (www.elizabethwein.com) was born in New York City, grew up abroad, and currently lives in Scotland with her husband and two children. She is an avid flyer of small planes and is the editor of the Scottish Aero Club’s newsletter. She also holds a PhD in Folklore from the University of Pennsylvania.
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