Staff Pick
When British spy "Verity" is captured by the Germans in occupied France, to save herself she begins to write her confession. This is a WWII story; a spy story; a story about friendship, sacrifice, and being a woman in a man's world. It has twists you won't see coming and emotional gut punches that will practically knock you over. Fantastic and riveting! Recommended By Christine R., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Code Name Verity is a compelling, emotionally rich story with universal themes of friendship and loyalty, heroism and bravery.
Two young women from totally different backgrounds are thrown together during World War II: one a working-class girl from Manchester, the other a Scottish aristocrat, one a pilot, the other a wireless operator. Yet whenever their paths cross, they complement each other perfectly and before long become devoted friends. But then 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.
About the Author
ELIZABETH WEIN was born in New York, and grew up in England, Jamaica and Pennsylvania. She has her pilot's license, and it is her love of flying that partly inspired the idea for Code Name Verity.