![]() ![]() ![]() In a YA market saturated with series and trilogies, the distinction of a “companion” book is notable. Rose Under Fire was published in 2013 and was instantly marketed as a “companion volume” to Code Name Verity. It was a Printz Honor Book, a Boston Globe/Horn Book Award Honor Book, a Golden Kite Award Honor Book and was shortlisted for the 2013 CILIP Carnegie Award and the Scottish Children’s Book Award. The book won numerous awards, including the UK Literary Association Award, the Edgar Award and the Catalyst Book Award. On Companion BooksĬode Name Verity was published in 2012 and was a critical darling. There are some spoilers for Code Name Verity, as any real discussion of the plot/format of the book reveals a lot about the text. According to her biography, it was her husband’s interest in piloting and learning to fly that inspired her to write her two latest novels, Code Name Verity and Rose Under Fire. This blog post is focused on her second young adult series, the Young Pilots series. Her first series of young adult books, the Lion Hunters series, focused on Arthurian England and sixth century Ethiopia. Elizabeth Wein is a young adult author who was born in New York, lived in England and Jamaica as a child, studied at Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, and now lives in Scotland. ![]()
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