Code name Verity
In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can.
| Main Author: | Wein, Elizabeth. |
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| Corporate Author: | Bolinda Audio (Firm), Brilliance Audio (Firm), Recorded Books, LLC. |
| Other Authors: | Christie, Morven, 1979- (Narrator), Gaskell, Lucy. (Narrator) |
| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Tullamarine, Victoria, Australia : Grand Haven, Mich. : Prince Frederick, MD :
Bolinda Audio ; Distributed by Brilliance Audio ; Distributed by Recorded Books,
p2012.
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| Edition: | Unabridged. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can. |
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| Item Description: |
Compact disc. Title from container. In container (17 cm.). |
| Physical Description: |
9 sound discs (10 hr., 9 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: |
9781743105665 1743105665 |
| Author Notes: |
Elizabeth Wein first five books for young adults are set in Arthurian Britain and sixth century Ethiopia. The Mark of Solomon, was published in two parts as The Lion Hunter (2007) and The Empty Kingdom (2008). The Lion Hunter was short-listed for the Andre Norton Award for Best Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction in 2008. Elizabeth's novel for teens, Code Name Verity, published by Egmont UK, Disney-Hyperion and Doubleday Canada in 2012, is a World War II thriller in which two young girls, one a Resistance spy and the other a transport pilot, become unlikely best friends. Code Name Verity has received widespread critical acclaim including being shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, it is a Michael Printz Award Honor Book, a Boston Globe/Horn Book Awards Honor Book, and an SCBWI Golden Kite Honor Book. It is also a New York Times Bestseller in young adult fiction. She is also the author of Black Dove, White Raven. (Bowker Author Biography) |