I love it when a book has the ability to surprise me. In Code Name Verity, two young women are called to duty during WWII. Using their unique abilities, they are able to climb the ranks and are ultimately sent to France on a mission. By this time, they have become best friends and are glad they are able to make this trip together. When the plane malfuctions, one is forced to jump while the other has to try to land the plane and they lose track of each other at this point. 
 One woman is captured by the Gestapo and interrogated. She reveals pieces of their story thru a written manuscript that she is forced to write. The next section of the book is told by the other woman who was left in the plane and is in hiding until she can get a return flight back to England. 
 The tale is suspensful and moving with a couple of, what I thought, major surprises. 
 A very good read!