Code Name Verity

Wein, Elizabeth. (2012). Code name Verity. NY: Egmont.

Two women became best of friends, one is a spy named Julie and the other is a pilot named Maddie.  The first part of the book is told from Julie’s point of view and the last part of the book is told from Maddie’s point of view. They both have an operation to do that didn’t go so well and Julie is captured and Maddie is hiding in a barn with a French family. Julie has to write about everything she knows, but instead she writes about her best friend.  Julie’s character is very strong as she stands up to the soldiers by mouthing off to them.   Although Julie writes about herself being a coward, she is really a brave person.  Julie and Maddie’s path cross again and Maddie kills Julie.  This a good book for high school age students that are studying about Hitler and during that time frame.  Some content of the story is can be disturbing, but it is something that really happen.  Maddie experience postconventional level or moral development when she kills her best friend Julie.