Characters:
- Julie (AKA Verity, Queenie Scott)
- Maddie (AKA Kittyhawk)
- Fraulein Anna Engel
- Jamie Beaufort-Stuart
- Paul
Theme(s):
Spies, Friendship, World War, Fear, Nazi
Summary:
Julie is the main character. She is a British spy and her best friend Maddie is a pilot. Their plane crashes in Nazi occupied France. Julie (Verity) is captured by the Gestapo and is forced to confess the British mission or be killed. Maddie, on the other hand, is in France and is assisted by the "Resistance". The "Resistance" help Maddie find Julie. They are planning an ambush to release Julie. The ambush goes wrong and Julie tells Maddie to kill her, so she is not tortured by the Nazis.
The story is told in two parts - first part in the "confession" Julie. Julie writes the friendship between her and Maddie. The second part is from Maddie's perceptive. At the end of the story, these letters are given to Maddie and they turn out to be false but they contain coded instructions to destroy the Ormaie Gestapo headquarters.
One of the major strengths of the book is female empowerment. Generally, the media (movies, books, TV shows. etc.) will have a strong male character. In this case, the author has two strong and courageous female characters. The books has Maddie would rides motorcycles and see an airplane and knows she can fly it.
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