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
• Seitenzahl: 464
• 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

"Harrowing and wholly believable, Code Name Verity wrecked me. It is a book as unexpected, beautiful, and enduring as the friendship at its heart. The story's brutality is almost intimate. Its depictions of heroism are so real and vibrant, they live beyond the page. You will want to clutch these characters to you in the hopes of keeping them safe, and your heart will break knowing that you can't." Leigh Bardugo, NYT bestselling author of Shadow and Bone

"Genuinely stunning. It gets inside you and stays." Maureen Johnson, NYT bestselling author

"It's a little like being in love, reading a gem of a book like this one. I fell for these idiosyncratic, brave, brave girls. Not many books surprise me, fewer yet make me cry, but this one had me gasping out loud and then doing that embarrassing spontaneous sob-eruption thing." Gayle Forman, NYT bestselling author, via MTV's Hollywood Crush

"It's devastating and true and wonderful." Melissa de la Cruz, NYT bestselling author, via MTV's Hollywood Crush

''[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'', Guardian

"This astonishing tale of friendship and truth will take wing and soar into your heart'" Laurie Halse Anderson, NYT bestselling author

'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 heartbreaking tale of friendship during WWII...A tour de force, unforgettable and wrenching," Kirkus Starred Review

''A rich and rewarding adventure story', 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