Elizabeth Wein
Author
Series
Code name Verity volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
343 pages 22 cm.
Language
English
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Historical Fiction
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Description
October 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...