Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #4)

by Elizabeth Wein

This is an award-winning and bestselling tale of friendship and courage. Only in wartime could a stalwart lass from Manchester rub shoulders with a Scottish aristocrat, one a pilot, the other a special operations executive. When a vital mission goes wrong, and one of the friends has to bail out of a faulty plane over France, she is captured by the Gestapo and becomes a prisoner of war. The story begins in 'Verity's' own words, as she writes her account for her captors. Truth or lies? Honour or betrayal? Everything they've ever believed in is put to the test..."A remarkable book." (Daily Mail).

Reviewed by Beth C. on

4 of 5 stars

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What a sad, inspiring, beautiful and tragic story of war and friendship. I believe it's meant to be YA, so while some of the details are hard to read about, they are never over the top or there just to be there. Well worth reading, and includes a terrific bibliography in the back. Have tissues handy.
"LEST WE FORGET."

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