Code Name Verity

Elizabeth Wein

May 2020 · Sold by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

About this ebook

Don’t miss Elizabeth Wein’s stunning new novel, Stateless!

The beloved #1 New York Times bestseller, a "fiendishly plotted" (New York Times) "heart-in-your mouth adventure" (Washington Post) that "will take wing and soar into your heart" (Laurie Halse Anderson).

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 a grisly execution.

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 the enemy?

A universally acclaimed Michael L. Printz Award Honor book, Code Name Verity is a visceral read of danger, resolve, and survival that shows just how far true friends will go to save each other.

Ratings and reviews

This book is brilliantly written, utterly engrossing, and just all around amazing. I love the format of it being written in notes/journals, giving it a surprisingly personal feel that standard third person narrative lacks. Knowing that each entry is written so soon after its events keeps the tension really high, too, as you never know what might happen. Absolutely wonderful in every way. Highly highly recommended.

Compulsive page-turner. Wonderful characters, incredibly plotted. I cried very hard through the last hundred pages or so.

This story stuck with me for weeks after I read it. You MUST read it. Now.

About the author

Elizabeth Wein (www.elizabethwein.com) was born in New York City, grew up abroad, and currently lives in Scotland with her husband and two children. She is an avid flyer of small planes and is the editor of the Scottish Aero Club’s newsletter. She also holds a PhD in Folklore from the University of Pennsylvania.