Author: Elizabeth Wein
Pages: 332
Genre: Teen Fiction, Friendship, War
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Release Date: May 15 2012
Reading Level: Teen and Young Adult
*Caution: Language
Synopsis
October 11, 1943: A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot a passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a shot at survival. The other has lost the game before it’s already begun. Harrowing and beautifully written, Code Name Verity is the story of an unforgettable friendship forged in the face of the ultimate evil.
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My Thoughts
I got this book mainly because we were doing a book report in class, and I needed a book, I had originally looked at Rose Under Fire (also by Elizabeth Wein), but saw that she had also written this book, and being the person that I am I bought the one that wasn't in hard cover and expensive.
I actually really enjoyed this book, it surprised me since it was about the war, and I hate war, and guns, and blood (don’t ask me how i manage to watch crime shows though...) but really it was just about a really strong friendship. The book happened in two parts, the first (Verity) is in Julia’s point of view. Julia is a spy, she got captured by the Nazis by looking the wrong way when crossing the street. Her story is a ‘confession’ where she really just writes about meeting Maddie, and how they became friends and about their jobs and things like that.
The second part (Kittyhawk) was in Maddie’s point of view, writing journal entries, she explains in detail exactly what happened and how/why. She has to go into hiding after she ‘crash lands’ the plane so the Nazis don’t know she's there. The thing that brings her down the most is that Julia doesn't know that she’s alive and well.
The thing that stands out the most in this book is how descriptive and well told the story is. Wein did an excellent job creating a past for both girls, she told in detail not willing to let any information not be included. When you read the story it was like you were meeting the girls, and they were spilling their whole life story out for you! The fact that I loved was that you didn't really notice that they were in the middle of a war, and you just lived in the moment with them, not worrying what might happen in the end.
Overall this book is a great heroic story of a two friends that’ll do anything for each other. I’ll give this book a 4 out of 5 because it was very interesting and very well written, it just didn't keep me hooked. I didn't stay up all night reading it, I more or so forced myself to read it, since it was a school project. But it was a very good book, and I recommend it to people, who don’t mind a slow read.
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