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An extraordinary story of friendship, highlighting the dangerous work undertaken by women during World War II. It is expertly plotted, sensitively told and... READ MORE
Wartime adventure with substance.
WW2 spy adventure for young adults, this gripping tale is moving without resorting to sentiment and keeps you guessing until the last page. It’s also unusu... READ MORE
An astounding piece of storytelling
Code Name Verity is an absolutely exceptional piece of storytelling; Elizabeth Wein has worked a thing of magic. Not only does it have a wonderfully constr... READ MORE
Superb!
A young woman is captured and tortured by the Gestapo. She agrees to write down all she knows but is her confession the truth?
This WW2 spy story is nothin... READ MORE
A wartime spy story like no other.
Code Name Verity is a WWII spy novel following the lives of two young women - Verity and Maddie throughout their service with the WAAF (The Women's Auxilia... READ MORE
Synopsis
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).
Publisher information
- Publisher: Egmont UK Ltd
- ISBN: 9781405258210
- Number of pages: 464
- Dimensions: 198 x 132 x 26 mm
- Weight: 317g
Customer Reviews
View allBuckets of blood, what a brilliant book
I love stories told in two parts, from different narrative viewpoints, and that is just one of many many things to love about this book. The first half is ... READ MORE
A smart, twisting tale
I don't know when I last read anything so instantly readable as Code Name Verity. From the very first page Agent Verity grabs the reader by the hand, claim... READ MORE
Warning, this book will break your heart!
Code Name Verity really got to me, the characters seem so close, like my own best friends. I kept running the story over again in my head, following all th... READ MORE
I love this book!
Just started reading it and the characters are like my best friends already. It's really making me think about the war and what people went through. But it... READ MORE
code name verity
It's best to go into this book knowing as little as possible about what happens. To be told even a little of what goes on could ruin the whole experience a... READ MORE
Inventive Young Adult War Story
Set during World War II this is a unique and imaginative Young Adult read. Verity and her friend Maddie are close friends. It's unlikely that without the W... READ MORE
My favourite read of 2013
I really don't think I can do justice to this book. It's the best thing I've read in quite a while, and only one other book has moved me as much as this on... READ MORE
Confusing format
Verity is an upperclass Scottish girl, who has been captured by Nazis during WWII. She has to write down all of the information she knows about the war in ... READ MORE
An instant favourite
I love to read reviews of the book I've just finished reading because I'm inherently nosy, which is how I came across a comment from someone who decided to... READ MORE