A female undercover agent is captured and subjected to interrogation by the Gestapo while her best friend, the pilot who flew her into France, tries to rescue her.I wonder how many piles of paper like mine are lying around Europe, the only testament to our silenced voices, buried in filing cabinets ...
So fantastically good. Without spoiling it, I can say that it is VERY funny in the first half and VERY moving in the second; that it has a stunningly beautiful portrait of female friendship and is populated primarily with complex, hardworking female characters; that it "worldbuilds" (if that's a fai...
This book was so intense, I did not want to put it down. I instantly connected with Queenie as she was so desperate and beaten down in her circumstances. The entire book I wanted things to miraculously change for the better for her. As she described Maddie and her life as a pilot, I became very atta...
"He has said that I can have as much paper as I need. All I have to do is cough up everything I can remember about the British War Effort. And I’m going to. But the story of how I came to be here starts with my friend Maddie."Elizabeth Wein's beautiful historical YA novel chronicles the friendship b...
I don't know what to say without giving anything away, because I loved reading it without knowing much about it. So this will be brief. I actually debated starting Code Name Verity, because it was due back at the library since someone had requested it, and I didn't want to have to stop halfway throu...
Wow... just wow. Much better than expected, and it was fascinating reading about female pilots during the Second World War. Julie, you are my hero. And Maddie, I love you.
It won a Printz honor, with many folks believing it deserved to win overall. Nearly every blogger and librarian I know has read and loved it. It’s set during WWII, a time in history that’s always fascinating to me. Of course I planned to read Code Name Verity, and of course, I was highly impresse...
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