Elizabeth Wein: Code Name Verity (2013, Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers)
352 pages
English language
Published Sept. 8, 2013 by Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers.
A Michael L. Printz Award Honor book that was called "a fiendishly-plotted mind game of a novel" in The New York Times, 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.
Oh man, this book is so good. The characters and prose are real and immediate, the peril is palpable, and I was crying by the end. Have the sequel on hold from my library, definitely recommend.
One of the best books I've read in a long time.
The tragic tale of the English spy in Gestapo custody slowly unfolds as you meet and fall in love with her and her best friend Maddie. Throughout the book, you slowly pick up clues that this written confession she is writing to escape more torture. However, as the book unfolds, you realize that nothing is quite as it seems, and the story is told and untold again. The writing is amazing, and the characters are so real, I nearly cried when I finished the book, to have said goodbye to them. This will always sit on my list of the characters I fell in love with most.
I think everyone should read this book. Or listen to the audio book. Both, really.
