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Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)

Elizabeth Wein

Start date: September 14, 2016

Finish date: September 22, 2016

Discussion: 2016 Challenge prompts

Why we're reading this: Was looking for a YA that portrayed strong girls
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Apr 04, 2012 stephanie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: would-rec, absolutely-must-read, young-adult, good-more-than-once, historical-fiction, wwii, 2012, desert-island-books

IT HAS BEEN RELEASED! GO READ GO READ GO READ!

This book is quite simply utterly brilliant, and that is before I read the Author's Notes where she mentioned she consulted with the Imperial War Museum (quite is my favorite museum in the entire world).

(a quick ETA: yes, I am a student of history, but not military history, and as such, do not care much about planes. But if you think this is about planes, you aren't reading the same book I am. Or, at least, you won't be if you keep reading. Trust me ...more

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Oct 25, 2013 Lydia Presley rated it liked it

Shelves: 2013, fiction, france, germany, holocaust, wwii, feminism

Sometimes I think there may be something wrong with me because I'll pick up a book that has been gushed over and be all excited to dive into it and then... nothing. It falls flat for me. Completely flat - as in, I want to put it down mid-"action" and never pick it up again. Unfortunately, Code Name Verity was that book for me this time around.

Read the rest of this review at The Lost Entwife on Oct. 31, 2013. ...more

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Jun 08, 2012 martha rated it really liked it

Shelves: kindle, year-2012

So gripping and twisty, with fantastic girl friendships. So heartwrenching.

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Mar 07, 2013 Christina, Join Me on Storygraph! rated it liked it

I think I need to read some spoilers on this one. it was great but I think I missed something in the end... it had a lot of the story told in winks, nods, and codes, which my literal brain (desperate to finish and sleepy) missed it all.

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May 02, 2012 Hannah added it

Shelves: ya, historical-fiction

HOLY COW THIS WAS SO AMAZING I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU. CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW YOU MY REVIEW ON TEENREADS.COM.

Said review is here: http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/code... ...more

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