Things We’ve Read This Week #1

CODE NAME VERITY by Elizabeth Wein.  Just as excellent as all the reviews and awards suggest.  Brilliant writing.

“Maddie had not ever practised jumping out of a plane, but she had practised landing broken planes more times than she could count – had, indeed, landed broken planes on plenty of occasions – both girls knew that if it happened a thousand times Maddie would every time die with her hands on the flight controls rather than trust in a blind plunge into darkness.”