Grand Canyon Reader Award
2015 · Teen · Recommended
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Oct. 11, 1943
A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France.
Its pilot and passenger are best friends.
One of the girls has a shot 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 a grisly execution.
They'll get the truth out of her. But it won't be what they expect.
As she intricately weaves her confession, Verity uncovers her past, how she became friends with the pilot Maddie, and why she left Maddie in the wrecked fuselage of their plane. On each new scrap of paper, Verity battles for her life, confronting her views on courage, failure, and her desperate hope to make it home. But will trading her secrets be enough to save her from a merciless and ruthless enemy?
Harrowing and beautifully written, Code Name Verity is the story of an unforgettable friendship forged in the face of the ultimate evil.
A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France.
Its pilot and passenger are best friends.
One of the girls has a shot 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 a grisly execution.
They'll get the truth out of her. But it won't be what they expect.
As she intricately weaves her confession, Verity uncovers her past, how she became friends with the pilot Maddie, and why she left Maddie in the wrecked fuselage of their plane. On each new scrap of paper, Verity battles for her life, confronting her views on courage, failure, and her desperate hope to make it home. But will trading her secrets be enough to save her from a merciless and ruthless enemy?
Harrowing and beautifully written, Code Name Verity is the story of an unforgettable friendship forged in the face of the ultimate evil.
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Louisiana Teen Readers' Choice
2015 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Nutmeg Book Award
2015 · High School · Nominee
Young Reader's Choice Award
2015 · Senior/Grades 10-12 · Nominee
Beehive Award
2014 · Young Adult · Nominee
Colorado Blue Spruce Award
2014 · Young Adult · Nominee
Green Mountain Book Award
2014 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
2014 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Rhode Island Teen Book Award
2014 · Ages 12 & Up · Nominee
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2013 · Fourteen and Up · Recommended
Golden Kite
2013 · Fiction · Honor Book
Tayshas Reading
2013 · Young Adult · Commended
Carnegie Medal
2013 · Children's · Nominee
Edgar Allan Poe Award
2013 · Young Adult · Winner
Michael L. Printz Award
2013 · Young Adult · Honor Book
Cybils
2012 · Young Adult Fiction · Finalist
Booklist Editors Choice
2012 · Adult: Audio
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
2012 · Fiction & Poetry · Honor Book
L.A. Times Book Prize
2012 · Young Adult Literature · Finalist
Agatha Award
2012 · Children/Young Adult · Nominee
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