Elizabeth Wein 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. She also holds a PhD in Folklore from the University of Pennsylvania. Visit her at www.elizabethwein.com.
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*"A carefully researched, precisely written
tour de force; unforgettable and wrenching."--Kirkus Reviews
(starred review)
PRAISE FOR CODE NAME VERITY
"I closed this book feeling I'd met real people I'd never
forget. Code Name Verity's characters don't just stick with
me-they haunt me. I just can't recommend this book enough."--Maggie
Stiefvater, author of the New York Times best-selling
Shiver trilogy, The Scorpio Races & Books of Faerie
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"It has been a while since I was so captivated by a character in
YA fiction Code Name Verity is one of those rare things:
an exciting-and affecting-female adventure
story."--The Guardian
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"The unforgettable Code Name Verity played with my mind,
and then it ripped out my heart."--Nancy Werlin, New York
Times best-selling author
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* "If you pick up this book, it will be some time before you put
your dog-eared, tear-stained copy back down."--Booklist
(starred review)
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*"[An] innovative spy tale built to be savored."--Bulletin
of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
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*"[A] taut, riveting thriller. Readers will be left gasping for
the finish, desperate to know how it ends."--School Library
Journal (starred review)
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*"A riveting and often brutal tale of WWII action and espionage
with a powerful friendship at its core. [an] expertly crafted
adventure."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
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*"This novel positively soars."--The Horn Book (starred
review)
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"A fiendishly plotted mind game of a novel, the kind you have to
read twice."--The New York Times
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"For me, Code Name Verity is the best of both worlds:
an exciting, well-researched masterpiece of historical fiction with
a contemporary sensibility....It brought me to tears to realize
that I'll never be able to read it again for the first time. That
is how powerful a story this is."--Richie's Picks
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"Maddie and Verity's extraordinary bravery is reflected in frank
narrative as they both fight against time and a horrific, powerful
enemy...The themes of hope, friendship, and determination even in
the most impossible situations are relevant to all
readers."--VOYA
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"The word crossover appears many times on publisher information
sheets, but this is the real deal. An incredibly assured debut
novel, full of convincing detail, heart-stopping emotion and
tension. I have high hopes for Code Name Verity."--The
Bookseller
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"This astonishing tale of friendship and truth will take wing
and soar into your heart."--Laurie Halse Anderson, New York
Times best-selling author of Speak, Fever 1793
and Wintergirls
Accolades
Schneider Family Book Award, Best Teen Book, 2014 Top Ten YALSA
Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2014 New York Times Notable
Children's Books of 2013
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2013
School Library Journal's Best Books of 2013
Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of 2013
The Children's Book Review Best Young Adult Novels of 2013
NPR Best Books of 2013
BookPage Best Children's Books of 2013
Goodreads Choice for Best Young Adult Book of 2013 nominee
CILIP Carnegie Medal 2014 nominee
A Junior Library Guild Selection
2014 Tayshas List Selection
[London] Times Best Books of the Year
Costa Children's Book Award finalist
* "[A]lthough the story's action follows [Code Name Verity]'s, it
has its own, equally incandescent integrity. Rich in detail, from
the small kindnesses of fellow prisoners to harrowing scenes of
escape and the Nazi Doctors' Trial in Nuremburg, at the core of
this novel is the resilience of human nature and the power of
friendship and hope."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
* "At once heartbreaking and hopeful, Rose Under Fire will
stay with readers long after they have finished the last
page."--VOYA, starred review
* "In plot and character this story is consistently involving, a
great, page-turning read; just as impressive is how subtly Wein
brings a respectful, critical intelligence to her
subject."--The Horn Book, starred review
* "Readers will connect with Rose and be moved by her struggle to
go forward, find her wings again, and fly."--School Library
Journal, starred review
* "Wein excels at weaving research seamlessly into narrative and
has crafted another indelible story about friendship borne out of
unimaginable adversity."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
" Rose Under Fire' is bound to soar into the promised land of young
adult books read by actual adults-and deservedly so, because Wein's
unself-consciously important story is timeless, ageless and
triumphant."--The Los Angeles Times
"[A]n impressive story of wartime female solidarity."--The
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"[T]he author manages the neat trick of both conveying an enormous
amount of historical information while also providing a
nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat plot peopled with vivid, imperfect
and believable characters." --RT Book Reviews
"The horror of the camp, with its medical experimentation on Polish
women-called Rabbits-is ably captured. Yet, along
with the misery, Wein also reveals the humanity that can surface,
even in the worst of circumstances." --Booklist
"Wein's second World War II adventure novel - the first, "Code Name
Verity," was highly praised last year - captures poignantly the
fragility of hope and the balm forgiveness offers."--The New York
Times
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