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Language English Media type Print (Hardcover) ISBN 978-1423152194 Publisher Hyperion Books | 4.1/5 Goodreads Country United States Publication date May 15, 2012 Pages 451 Originally published 15 May 2012 Page count 451 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genres Young adult fiction, Historical drama, Thriller Awards Edgar Award for Best Young Adult, Golden Kite Award for Fiction Similar Works by Elizabeth E Wein, Historical drama books, The Holocaust books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Code Name Verity is a young adult historical novel by Elizabeth Wein that was published in 2012. It focuses on the friendship between two young British women, one English and one Scottish, in World War II – a spy captured by the Nazis in German-occupied France and the pilot who brought her there. It was named a Michael L. Printz Honor Book in 2013, and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
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- Code name verity by elizabeth wein official uk book trailer
- Book review code name verity by elizabeth wein no spoilers
- Plot
- Critical reception
- References
A loose sequel, Rose Under Fire, was published in 2013. A prequel novel, The Pearl Thief, is to be published in May 2017; it is to be a mystery involving Code Name Verity's protagonist Julie one year before the war starts.
Book review code name verity by elizabeth wein no spoilers
Plot
In 1943 Nazi-occupied France, a British spy plane crashes in the fictional town of Ormaie. On board are two best friends, a pilot (code name: Kittyhawk) and a spy (code name: Verity). The latter is soon captured by Nazi authorities, detained in a former hotel, and forced to write a confession detailing the British war effort, which she decides to write in the form of a novel. Through her confession, she tells the story of her friendship with Maddie, the pilot, and how she came to enter France in the first place. In the second part of the plot, the story is told from Maddie's point of view, and reveals the events that transpired after the plane crash that left both girls in France, and her plan to find Verity and bring her back home.
Critical reception
Code Name Verity received critical acclaim. The New York Times praised it as "a fiendishly plotted mind game of a novel, the kind you have to read twice", and Kirkus called it a "carefully researched, precisely written tour de force". Code Name Verity is one of five young adult novels published in 2012 to receive starred reviews in all six trade journals.
The novel won the 2013 Michael L. Printz Honor Book, the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel, and the Golden Kite Honor in 2013. It was also shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.