Elizabeth Wein

Code Name Verity (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This enhanced edition features exclusive material and bonus content. In addition to the novel, this ebook includes:

- 'Something Worth Doing': the short story that inspired Code Name Verity, never before published in the UK

- A filmed interview with Elizabeth

- Exclusive footage of Elizabeth Wein at The Shuttleworth Collection, home to some of the oldest operational aircraft in the world

- The Verity Collection: a fascinating documentary of Elizabeth's personal collection of WW2 memorabilia

Two young women become unlikely best friends during World War II, until one is captured by the Gestapo.

Only in wartime could a stalwart lass from Manchester rub shoulders with a Scottish aristocrat. But then a vital mission goes wrong, and one of the friends has to bail out of a faulty plane over France. She is captured by the Gestapo and becomes a prisoner of war. The story begins in "Verity"'s own words, as she writes her account for her captors.Truth or lies? Honour or betrayal? Everything they've ever believed in is put to the test . . .

A gripping thriller, Code Name Verity blends a work of fiction into 20th century history with spine-tingling results. A book for young adults like no other.

"This is a remarkable book" Daily Mail

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780314587
• Artikelnr.: 42543313

Autorenporträt

Carnegie shortlisted author, Elizabeth Wein learned to fly in Scotland and took her private pilot's license in 2003. Inspired by this new skill, flying became the core theme of her writing over the past decades. She has now written numerous aviation-inspired fiction and non-fiction books for YA readers, including her no.1 New York Times bestseller Code Name Verity.

Rezensionen

''[It] does more than stick with me. It haunts me. I just can't recommend it enough.'', Maggie Stiefvater, bestselling author of Shiver

''It has been a while since I was so captivated by a character'', The Guardian

'A compelling, uncompromising read - exciting'', Independent

''This is a remarkable book, which had me horrified and totally gripped at the same time'', Daily Mail

''... a rare young adult novel entirely about female power and female friendship'', New York Times

''A rich and rewarding adventure story with multi-layered heroines and complicated emotions.', The Scotsman

''If you want an original read that will challenge your perceptions about truth, lies, bravery and deception, this is one for you'', Sugarscape

''[a] tale of espionage, torture and female derring-do.'', The Times

''Passionate writing with an utterly compelling story.'', Manda Scot, Chair of the Historical Writers' Association

''... full of convincing detail, heart-stopping emotion and tension.'', The Bookseller