![]() ![]() She displays the characteristic force of will that made her so formidable in Code Name Verity but applies it this time to unravelling the mystery. On the surface, The Pearl Thief is a YA mystery with Julia as the detective. It’s difficult for her to clear the air, however, because at about the same time, Julia herself had been attacked and knocked unconscious near the river! What’s happening, who’s responsible, and can Julia overcome generations of prejudice to make sure innocent people don’t take the blame? Suspicions fall on the Traveller encampment whom Julia has befriended. ![]() The summer festivities are immediately overshadowed by the disappearance and death of a professor who had been cataloguing some of the Stuart artifacts in the house. It’s been retrofitted into a school following the death of her grandfather, so this will be Julia’s last summer there. ![]() Julia Beaufort-Stuart arrives at her family's ancestral home. Yet there are still so many good stories happening here! Elizabeth Wein in general seems like an author I should watch, and I finally tackled The Pearl Thief with no small amount of trepidation: how could this possibly measure up to Code Name Verity? Indeed, if that’s your metric, you will necessarily be disappointed. So I’ve had this prequel on my to-read list for a while. Code Name Verity was some of the best WWII fiction I’ve ever read. ![]()
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