Diese Autorin ist bekannt für ihre eindringlichen Erzählungen, die sich oft mit komplexen Themen und moralischen Zwickmühlen auseinandersetzen. Ihr Stil zeichnet sich durch starke weibliche Hauptfiguren und tiefen Einblick in die menschliche Psyche aus. Dank ihres einzigartigen erzählerischen Talents hat sie die Anerkennung von Kritikern und Lesern gewonnen. Ihre Werke regen zum Nachdenken an und hinterlassen einen tiefen Eindruck beim Leser.
Medraut und Lleu, beide Söhne des König Artus, kämpfen um das Erbe ihres Vaters. Medraut, der ältere, wäre aufgrund seiner Stärke, seines Muts und seiner Gewandtheit der geeignete Thronfolger. Wegen des Makels seiner Geburt kann er seine Erbschaftsansprüche jedoch nicht durchsetzen. Der schwache und ängstliche Lleu wird zum Thronfolger bestimmt. Um ihn auf seine Aufgaben vorzubereiten setzt König Artus ausgerechnet seinen enttäuschten älteren Sohn als Helfer und Lehrer ein. Eine für beide schwieriger Zeit beginnt.
DIE KOBALT-STAFFEL VS. DIE ERSTE ORDNUNG Die Schwestern Rose und Paige Tico … … mussten einst ihre Heimat verlassen, die von der Ersten Ordnung zerstört wurde. Nach ihrer Flucht, schlossen sich die Ticos dem Widerstand um General Leia Organa an. Paige arbeitet als Bordschützin und Rose als Technikerin in der berüchtigten Kobaltstaffel. Als die Rebellen Wind davon bekommen, dass der Planet Atterra Bravo kurz davor steht, im Würgegriff der Ersten Ordnung unterzugehen, startet der Widerstand einen verzweifelten Rettungseinsatz, der den Tico-Schwestern ihre eigene Vergangenheit erneut schmerzhaft vor Augen führt. Werden Rose und Paige dabei helfen, einen ganze Welt zu retten oder mit der Kobaltstaffel im Inferno des Freiheitskampfes ihr Schicksal besiegeln? Ein packendes Abenteuer im direkten Vorfeld von Star Wars: Die letzten Jedi!
Wie weit gehst du, um deine beste Freundin zu retten? Ein berührend schöner Roman über eine schicksalhafte Freundschaft zweier junger Frauen im Zweiten Weltkrieg Oktober 1943: Ein britisches Flugzeug stürzt im von den Nazis besetzten Frankreich ab. Maddie, die Pilotin, und Geheimagentin »Verity«, die mitfliegt, sind beste Freundinnen. Während Maddie entkommen kann, wird Verity von der Gestapo entdeckt. Sie erlebt den schlimmsten Albtraum einer Spionin, die im feindlichen Gebiet gefasst wurde, denn ihre Verhörer stellen sie vor die Wahl: Entweder sie verrät freiwillig ihre Mission oder die Informationen werden grausam aus ihr herausgefoltert. Verity ist sicher, dass sie selbst nicht überleben wird. Doch wird sie ihre Geheimnisse preisgeben, um so vielleicht das Leben ihrer besten Freundin zu retten? »Dieses Buch hat mich zerstört. Man will die Charaktere ganz nah bei sich tragen, um sie zu beschützen, und weiß, dass man es nicht kann.« Leigh Bardugo, Bestsellerautorin
Rose Justice is a young American ATA pilot, delivering planes and taxiing pilots for the RAF in the UK during the summer of 1944. A budding poet who feels most alive while flying, she discovers that not all battles are fought in the air. An unforgettable journey from innocence to experience, from the exhilaration of being the youngest pilot in the British air transport auxiliary, to the aftermath of surviving the notorious Ravensbruck women's concentration camp, Rose's story is one of courage in the face of adversity.
Nazi Germany is a dangerous place for a girl with a stammer - and although her father tries to keep her safe, Ingrid can't help feeling like she's let him down. But in the air, soaring high as she pilots her beloved glider planes, Ingrid is free and incredibly talented. When she gets the chance to fly in a propaganda tour alongside her hero, Germany's daring female test pilot Hanna Reitsch, Ingrid leaps at the chance. But through Hanna, she will learn some dangerous truths about Germany's secret missions and the plans that could change the course of the war to secure victory for the Nazi regime. When everything is at stake, Ingrid must decide where her loyalties lie ...
A group of young pilots face intrigue and sabotage in a race around Europe in this thrilling murder mystery, from the bestselling author of Code Name Verity. Ideal for readers aged 12+ _______________ It is 1937 and tensions are high. A spectacular air race around Europe seeks to promote unity among a group of young pilots, but distrust and animosity are rife. The British and sole female contestant, Stella North, is determined to prove not only her skill, but also her identity as her Nansen passport declares her 'stateless'. However, barely a few hours in, Stella is witness to a horrifying attack when a contestant's plane is forced out of the air and crashes. Was this the work of another competitor desperate to win? Was the attack random or premeditated and, most importantly, will it happen again? With the competition heating up and the death ruled an accident, Stella is left to form her own investigation. Can she find allies among her fellow competitors or will suspicion and deceit bring them all down? _______________ An exhilarating rush of a novel, with all the twists and turns we've come to expect from the award-winning Elizabeth Wein.
Windyedge Airfield, Scotland. World War II. Louisa Adair, newly orphaned and shunned for her mixed-race heritage, has come here to the edge of the world to look after an old lady with a dark past. Jamie Beaufort-Stuart is a flight lieutenant whose squadron is posted to the airfield over winter. Ellen McEwan is a young woman held hostage by the German pilot who lands at Windyedge one wild stormy night carrying a terrible secret. Three young people desperate to make a difference in a war that has decimated their families, friends and country. When the means to change the course of history falls into their hands, how will they use it? And when the enemy comes looking for them, who will have the courage to strike back? A thrilling story of wartime secrets, international intrigue and wild courage from the award-winning author of Code Name Verity, with three young heroes you'll never forget.
The gripping true story of the only women to fly in combat in World War II-
from Elizabeth Wein, award-winning author of Code Name VerityIn the early
years of World War II, Josef Stalin issued an order that made the Soviet Union
the first country in the world to allow female pilots to fly in combat.
The beloved #1 New York Times bestseller, a "fiendishly plotted" (New York Times) "heart-in-your mouth adventure" (Washington Post), that "will take wing and soar into your heart" (Laurie Halse Anderson) -- now with a new bonus chapter. October 11th, 1943 -- A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun. When "Verity" is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn't stand a chance. As a secret agent captured in enemy territory, she's living a spy's worst nightmare. Her Nazi interrogators give her a simple choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution. As she intricately weaves her confession, Verity uncovers her past, how she became friends with the pilot Maddie, and why she left Maddie in the wrecked fuselage of their plane. On each new scrap of paper, Verity battles for her life, confronting her views on courage, failure and her desperate hope to make it home. But will trading her secrets be enough to save her from the enemy? A universally acclaimed Edgar Award winner, Code Name Verity is a visceral read of danger, resolve, and survival that shows just how far true friends will go to save each other. This updated edition features a brand-new short story, essay from the author, a discussion guide, and more.
A story of survival, subterfuge, espionage and identity.Rhoda and Delia are American stunt pilots who perform daring aerobatics to appreciative audiences. But while the sight of two girls wingwalking – one white, one black – is a welcome novelty in some parts of the USA, it’s an anathema in others. Rhoda and Delia dream of living in a world where neither gender nor ethnicity determines their life. When Delia is killed in a tragic accident, Rhoda is determined to make that dream come true. She moves to Ethiopia with her daughter, Em, and Delia’s son, Teo.Em and Teo have adapted to scratching a living in a strange land, and feel at home here; but their parents’ legacy of flight and the ability to pilot a plane places them in an elite circle of people watched carefully by the Ethiopian emperor, Haile Selassie, who dreams of creating an air force for his fledgling nation. As Italy prepares for its invasion of Ethiopia, Em and Teo find themselves inextricably entangled in the crisis — and they are called on to help.
