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Code Name Verity


Executioner's Daughter

School year: Lower 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9

No. of pages 464

Published: 2015

Great for age 12-18 years

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'I have two weeks. You'll shoot me at the end no matter what I do.' Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, Code Name Verity is a bestselling tale of friendship and courage set against the backdrop of World War Two. Only in wartime could a stalwart lass from Manchester rub shoulders with a Scottish aristocrat, one a pilot, the other a special operations executive. When 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 Veritys own words, as she writes her account for her captors. Truth or lies? Honour or betrayal? Everything theyve ever believed in is put to the test Elizabeth Wein is a leading voice in young adult historical fiction. Her novelRose Under Firewasnominated for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the Costa Award 2014. Fans ofThe Book Thiefand Carmen Reid'sCross My Heartwill love this. Look out for Elizabeth's other booksBlack Dove, White SwanandRose Under Fire. Elizabeth Wein was born in New York, and grew up in England, Jamaica and Pennsylvania. She is married with two children and now lives in Perth, Scotland. Elizabeth is a member of the Ninety-Nines, the International Organization of Women Pilots. She was awarded the Scottish Aero Club's Watson Cup for best student pilot in 2003 and it was her love of flying that partly inspired the idea for her bestselling, award-winning novelCode Name Verity. A remarkable book Daily Mail

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Executioner's Daughter .

This book has been graded for interest at 12 years.

There are 464 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2015 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Before becoming a writer, Elizabeth Wein studied at Yale University and completed a PhD in Folklore at the University of Philadelphia. Her first book was published in 1993 and she has since written several novels for young adults including the award-winning Code Name Verity. Much of Elizabeth's writing is inspired by her love of flying and she is a member of the International Organisation of Women Pilots.

 

This book is in the following series:

Executioner's Daughter

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Scottish Children's Book Award - Older Readers
This book was recognised in the Older Readers category by the Scottish Children's Book Award.

Scottish Children's Book Award
Scotland’s largest book prize for children’s authors and illustrators, the Scottish Children’s Book Awards are run by Scottish Book Trust and supported by Creative Scotland through Regular Funding. They celebrate the most popular children’s and young adult books by Scottish authors or illustrators and are voted for exclusively by children. There are three age categories - Bookbug Readers (3-7), Younger Readers (8-11) and Older Readers (12-16). Children across Scotland are encouraged to read the three shortlisted books in their age category and to vote for their favourite. 

The Whitbread Award
This book was recognised by the The Whitbread Award, now called 'The Costa Book Awards'. These are a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in Britain and Ireland. They were inaugurated for 1971 publications and known as the Whitbread Book Awards until 2006 when Costa Coffee, then a subsidiary of Whitbread, took over sponsorship.

Carnegie Medal
This book was recognised by the Carnegie Award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.

`It's a compelling, uncompromising read which makes few concessions to the age group it's written for - either in subject matter or narrative technique. The bits about flight and women in the war are well researched and the terrifying, but exciting, atmosphere is good.' * The Independant *

 

`This is a remarkable book, which had me horrified and totally gripped at the same time, and although it is billed as a Young Adult title, don't be put off - it is a very grown-up story.' * The Daily Mail *

 

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

 

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

 

`This is a rich and rewarding adventure story with multi-layered heroines and complicated emotions. All 450 pages really do fly by. Expect to see Wein's name in the running for the Older Readers Category of the Scottish Children's Book Awards next year.' * 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 *

 

`. . . 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 *

 

`It has been a while since I was so captivated by a character . . . Code Name Verity is one of those rare things: an exciting - and affecting - female adventure story.' * The Guardian *

 

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