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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E. Wein

Code Name Verity tells the story of two best friends in England during WWII. Maddie is a feisty, mechanically inclined, talented girl with her heart set on being a pilot. Queenie is the multi-lingual, very smart spy.
Their lives become entwined in many ways before the mission that eventually sends them to France.  When their tail wing is damaged by anti-aircraft fire, Maddie makes Queenie parachute.  Neither knows whether the other survives. 
Does Queenie land safely?  Does Maddie succeed in bringing the Lysander aircraft down safely without the tail wing?  Will either of them be able to survive in the French countryside where the Gestapo is firmly entrenched?
 
Read this historical fiction piece to find out what it takes to survive in war torn hostile France. This title is recommended for mature readers who can follow a complicated plot.
 

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