Dos chicas. Sus vidas cruzadas en una amistad improbable. Una lucha por sobrevivir a la guerra más devastadora.
Uno de los 100 mejores libros Young Adult de todos los tiempos según la revista
TIME.
Dos chicas de orígenes completamente diferentes se hacen inseparables durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial trabajando para las Fuerzas Aéreas Británicas. Pero en una misión de vital importancia, el avión se estrella, una de ellas es capturada por la Gestapo. Sometida a un durísimo y cruel interrogatorio, la Gestapo le concederá solo dos semanas para contar todo lo que sabe sobre el servicio de inteligencia británico. Así irá escribiendo una complicada confesión para los alemanes y así conoceremos su historia. Ha hecho un pacto: mientras dure su confesión, no será ejecutada...
Una historia inteligente, sobrecogedora, con muchísimo suspense y con un final absolutamente sorprendente.
* Mejor Libro del Mes por Amazon.com en mayo de 2012.
* Seleccionado dentro de los TOP TEN mejores libros 2012 por Barnes&Noble.
* Mejor libro de 2012 por School Library Journal's
* Mejor libro de 2012 por Kirkus Review
Reseñas:
«[...] Con esta novela, Elizabeth Wein propone un juego mental diabólicamente trazado. Al principio te cautiva: una historia de amistad entre la piloto y la espía, la emoción de pilotar un avión, los horrores de la tortura nazi, la valentía de los combatientes de la Resistencia francesa; Después te das cuenta de que te ha ido dando todas las pistas necesarias para resolver el rompecabezas gigante que ha construido a tu alrededory de que nada es como pensabas que era, especialmente cuando te percatas de que tus ojos son un mar de lágrimas [...]».
The New York Times Book Review
«Una emocionante y brutal historia sobre la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Hay suficientes secuencias de acción y giros inesperados para complacer a todo tipo de lectores».
Publishers Weekly
From the acclaimed author of Flygirl and the bestselling author of Code Name Verity comes the thrilling and inspiring true story of the desegregation of the skies.
In the years between World War I and World War II, aviation fever was everywhere, including among Black Americans. But what hope did a Black person have of learning to fly in a country constricted by prejudice and Jim Crow laws, where some previous Black aviators like Bessie Coleman had to move to France to earn their wings?
American Wings follows a group of determined Black Americans: Cornelius Coffey and Johnny Robinson, skilled auto mechanics; Janet Harmon Bragg, a nurse; and Willa Brown, a teacher and social worker. Together, they created a flying club and built their own airfield on Chicago's South Side. As the U.S. hurtled toward World War II, they established a school to train new pilots, teaching both Black and white students together and proving, in a time when the U.S. military was still segregated, that successful integration was possible.
Complete with black-and-white photographs throughout, American Wings brings to light a hidden history of pioneering Black men and women who, with grit and resilience, battled powerful odds for an equal share of the sky.
From the beloved #1 bestselling author of Code Name Verity, this thrilling murder mystery set in 1937 Europe soars with intrigue, glamour, secrets, and betrayal.
When Stella North is chosen to represent Britain in Europe's first air race for young people, she knows all too well how high the stakes are. As the only participating female pilot, it'll be a constant challenge to prove she's a worthy competitor. But promoting peace in Europe feels empty to Stella when civil war is raging in Spain and the Nazis are gaining power-and when, right from the start, someone resorts to cutthroat sabotage to get ahead of the competition.
The world is looking for inspiration in what's meant to be a friendly sporting event. But each of the racers is hiding a turbulent and violent past, and any one of them might be capable of murder…including Stella herself.
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 Verity.
In 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. Led by Marina Raskova, these three regiments, including the 588th Night Bomber Regiment—nicknamed the “night witches”—faced intense pressure and obstacles both in the sky and on the ground. Some of these young women perished in flames. Many of them were in their teens when they went to war.
This is the story of Raskova’s three regiments, women who enlisted and were deployed on the front lines of battle as navigators, pilots, and mechanics. It is the story of a thousand young women who wanted to take flight to defend their country, and the woman who brought them together in the sky.
Packed with fascinating sidebars and thoroughly researched details, A Thousand Sisters is the inspiring true story of a group of women who set out to change the world, and the sisterhood they formed even amid the destruction of war.
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Wein (Code Name Verity, Rose Under Fire) journeys to a galaxy far, far away to bring readers the harrowing story of the courageous bomber pilots and technicians of Cobalt Squadron!
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