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Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
In 1943, a British spy plane crashes in Nazi occupied France. The pilot and its passenger are best friends, and now one has a chance at survival, while the other doesn't stand a chance, being arrested by the Gestapo while trying to carry out her mission. Now, Verity weaves an intricate confession for the Gestapo, telling the story of how her and Maddie became friends and how they ended up in France in the first place. Will her confession be enough to keep her alive in the enemies eyes?
At the beginning of the semester, I had read about this book on a blog somewhere, and the blogger was absolutely raving about it. She said once she finished, she wanted everyone else to read it just so she could discuss it with them. When the guest speaker came into class and also book-talked it, I was hooked. I knew that this was a book that I wanted to put on my list. And I'm glad I did. Wein has the reader hooked right from the beginning, jumping right into the story and hooking you with the voice of Verity. Verity is such a spunky character, and despite the fact that she has been tortured by Nazis and is most likely not going to survive her imprisonment, she is still witty and funny and fights back whenever she can. Reading her story gives you a different view of World War II, one that isn't used very often, if at all. Usually when WWII is talked about, it is from the Concentration Camps, or the Nazis, or something of like. Instead, it's told from women air force soldiers, who were very rare during this time, but existed none the less. I thought the way that Wein weaved the story, telling it from two different points of view, and the way that she had everything come together at the end was beautiful and very well written. Once I started reading it, I didn't want to put it down. This is definitely worthy of the Printz nomination that it was given.
As for a classroom, I think this book would definitely work well in a history class, because it does deal with WWII, and in a different way than other literature. It would especially work if there was a unit discussing women in the war, and their duties and such. This is a subject that isn't always touched on in history classes, and it would be a good way to give students this perspective. Overall, Code Name Verity is an excellent book, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in this period of history, or anyone interested in adventure/high action stories in general.
At the beginning of the semester, I had read about this book on a blog somewhere, and the blogger was absolutely raving about it. She said once she finished, she wanted everyone else to read it just so she could discuss it with them. When the guest speaker came into class and also book-talked it, I was hooked. I knew that this was a book that I wanted to put on my list. And I'm glad I did. Wein has the reader hooked right from the beginning, jumping right into the story and hooking you with the voice of Verity. Verity is such a spunky character, and despite the fact that she has been tortured by Nazis and is most likely not going to survive her imprisonment, she is still witty and funny and fights back whenever she can. Reading her story gives you a different view of World War II, one that isn't used very often, if at all. Usually when WWII is talked about, it is from the Concentration Camps, or the Nazis, or something of like. Instead, it's told from women air force soldiers, who were very rare during this time, but existed none the less. I thought the way that Wein weaved the story, telling it from two different points of view, and the way that she had everything come together at the end was beautiful and very well written. Once I started reading it, I didn't want to put it down. This is definitely worthy of the Printz nomination that it was given.
As for a classroom, I think this book would definitely work well in a history class, because it does deal with WWII, and in a different way than other literature. It would especially work if there was a unit discussing women in the war, and their duties and such. This is a subject that isn't always touched on in history classes, and it would be a good way to give students this perspective. Overall, Code Name Verity is an excellent book, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in this period of history, or anyone interested in adventure/high action stories in general.