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Code Name Verity / Elizabeth Wein.

Wein, Elizabeth, (author.).

Summary:

Oct. 11th, 1943-A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun.When "Verity" is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn't stand a chance. As a secret agent captured in enemy territory, she's living a spy's worst nightmare. Her Nazi interrogators give her a simple choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution.As she intricately weaves her confession, Verity uncovers her past, how she became friends with the pilot Maddie, and why she left Maddie in the wrecked fuselage of their plane. On each new scrap of paper, Verity battles for her life, confronting her views on courage, failure and her desperate hope to make it home. But will trading her secrets be enough to save her from the enemy?A universally acclaimed Michael L. Printz Award Honor book, Code Name Verity is a visceral read of danger, resolve, and survival that shows just how far true friends will go to save each other.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781423152194
  • ISBN: 1423152190
  • Physical Description: 343 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Hyperion, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-343).
Target Audience Note:
1020L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.5 15 151635.
Awards Note:
Printz Honor 2013
Subject: Women air pilots > Juvenile fiction.
Air pilots > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Nazis > Juvenile fiction.
Insurgency > Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain > History > 1936-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945 > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Spy fiction.

Available copies

  • 42 of 42 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 7 of 7 copies available at Cass County.

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  • 0 current holds with 42 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cass County Library-Archie YA WEI 2012 (Text) 0002204496737 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Garden City YA WEI (Text) 0002204496513 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Harrisonville YA WEI 2012 (Text) 0002204173872 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Harrisonville YA WEI 2012 (Text) 0002204496521 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center YA WEI 2012 (Text) 0002204164665 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center YA WEI 2012 (Text) 0002205540996 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Pleasant Hill YA WEI 2012 (Text) 0002204496547 Young Adult Fiction Available -

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