Edgar Award – Best Young Adult Mystery, and Best Juvenile:
Code Name Verity was selected as the winner, other finalists were:
Emily’s Dress and Other Missing Things by Kathryn Burak,
The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George,
Crusher by Niall Leonard,
Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield.
The Best Juvenile title was
The Quick Fix by Jack D. Ferraiolo (which I haven’t yet read). The other finalists were:
Fake Mustache: Or, How Jodie O’Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (and Some Nerdy Kid) Saved the U.S. Presidential Election from a Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind by Tom Angleberger,
13 Hangmen by Art Corriveau,
Spy School by Stuart Gibbs, and
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage. Visit this
site to see all the category winners and nominees.
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein was published in May of 2012. It is historical fiction, set during World War II, about two young women who find friendship while working to help the war effort in England. Queenie is a British spy captured in France by the Germans, Maddie is the pilot who dropped her off in France. Flashbacks show their development both in their friendship and in their expertise to help the British cause. The tension of what will happen both to the prisoner Queenie and to Maddie, who is trapped in France temporarily, will keep readers turning the pages.
(The Nebraska Library Commission receives free copies of children’s and young adult books for review from a number of publishers. After review, the books are distributed free, via the Regional Library Systems, to Nebraska school and public libraries.)
