![]() They are similar, but different, and for some reason I didn't find this book quite so sad. Like Code Name Verity, this book is both brilliant and horrific. When the women begin to get executed, that is the message given to the survivors. Rose and the Rabbits dream of escape, rescue and telling the world. For instance, a bullet would be put in a girl's leg and the staff would watch to see what happened to the leg. This is in theory for the benefit of the German front line and finding ways to fix their wounds. There, she meets the Rabbits, a group of young women and even girls who are experimented on. Not quite a concentration camp, but similar. ![]() However the plan goes wrong, and eventually Rose ends up in a women's work camp. She is from America, and has friends in high places who eventually manage to get her a flight to France, every female pilot's dream. She works for the civil air force, ferrying planes back and forth to be used, often broken or damaged planes to be fixed. ![]() Rose is a young pilot in WW2, and along with a small group of others, she is female. I wouldn't quite call it a sequel, as it would be easy to read it if you hadn't read Code Name Verity, however I would recommend reading Code Name Verity first, as it gives you a better perspective on some of the characters in Rose Under Fire. ![]() Rose Under Fire is the follow-on from Code Name Verity, by the brilliant Elizabeth Wein. ![]()
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