The book Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein is a book that is historical fiction. Why should you keep your identity, a secret? If you're hanging out in Nazi-occupied France in 1943, it's a good idea to keep your true identity secret. So everyone gets a code name, whether they're spies, pilots, farmers, or schoolgirls. In fact, everyone's sort of a spy, whether it's their official title or not. Information's just that precious.

Here's where Code Name Verity parts ways with the standard spy novel. When the book opens, the spy has already been caught. Part 1 is her confession to her captors, as the British spy, Verity, breaks and tells her Nazi keepers everything she knows… Or does she? Is her mission a failure, or is she still in the process of completing it?

The author was good at hooking the reader in, but it took a while to get to the climax. I also liked the author's feelings she put into the characters. It helped make the characters personalities show more. I liked the book and how it showed World War ll in France in 1943 and how spy got around to steal important data so that they could win. I kept reading because I wanted to know if the French would win or lose. I feel like this book could have picked up faster and not just slowly climb to the climax.