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Jul. 25th, 2012 09:29 amOKAY SO CODE NAME VERITY
If you have not read or heard of Code Name Verity, here is what you need to know: it's about two women in World War II, and one is Scottish and one is British, and one has a title and a giant castle and one is the granddaughter of a mechanic, and one of them is a pilot and one of them is a spy, and they are BEST FRIENDS, and their friendship is the heart of the book.
Also at the start of the book the spy, code name Verity -- who is brilliant and clever and brave -- has been arrested in the first two weeks of her mission for accidentally looking the wrong way when she crossed the street in France, which tipped off the Gestapo that she was British, and now she is being tortured and selling off radio codes to the enemy to survive. The other thing she is selling off is her story: the story of her friendship with Maddie, the pilot, and the story of how both of them got to where they are. And that's the story that you're reading.
Also Elizabeth Wein is really, really good at pulling your heart slowly out of your chest by her fingernails, but if you've read any Elizabeth Wein before, then you know this, this isn't news.
( This part is not what I would consider to be spoilery, but if you want to go in completely fresh you might want to avoid it. )
( Now for the actually spoilery bits )
If you have not read or heard of Code Name Verity, here is what you need to know: it's about two women in World War II, and one is Scottish and one is British, and one has a title and a giant castle and one is the granddaughter of a mechanic, and one of them is a pilot and one of them is a spy, and they are BEST FRIENDS, and their friendship is the heart of the book.
Also at the start of the book the spy, code name Verity -- who is brilliant and clever and brave -- has been arrested in the first two weeks of her mission for accidentally looking the wrong way when she crossed the street in France, which tipped off the Gestapo that she was British, and now she is being tortured and selling off radio codes to the enemy to survive. The other thing she is selling off is her story: the story of her friendship with Maddie, the pilot, and the story of how both of them got to where they are. And that's the story that you're reading.
Also Elizabeth Wein is really, really good at pulling your heart slowly out of your chest by her fingernails, but if you've read any Elizabeth Wein before, then you know this, this isn't news.
( This part is not what I would consider to be spoilery, but if you want to go in completely fresh you might want to avoid it. )
( Now for the actually spoilery bits )
