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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Elizabeth Wein in her afterword is quick to point out that, yes, both the SOE and the ATA were documented to have female agents and pilots in their employ during the Second World War, although very few of them, and she does admit that a female ATA pilot would almost certainly not be allowed to fly to France.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Elizabeth Wein in her afterword is quick to point out that, yes, both the SOE {{SOE}} and the ATA were documented to have female agents and pilots in their employ during the Second World War, although very few of them, and she does admit that a female ATA pilot would almost certainly not be allowed to fly to France.
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* EverybodySmokes: Not surprising considering that the novel is set during [[WorldWarTwo World War II]].
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* PlaneSpotting: There are descriptions of aircraft throughout the book.
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* OddCouple: Maddie is a middle-class Jew from Stockport, and Queenie is a Scottish aristocrat.
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* LaResistance: The [[TropeNamer Trope Namers]] are mentioned throughout the book, and Maddie and Queenie's mission was to deliver [[spoiler: explosives]] to them. [[spoiler: in Maddie's part of the story, she is taken in by a Resistance family, and essentially becomes a Resistance agent in her efforts to complete Julie's mission.]]
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* LaResistance: The [[TropeNamer Trope Namers]] are mentioned throughout the book, and Maddie and Queenie's mission was to deliver [[spoiler: explosives]] to them. [[spoiler: in In Maddie's part of the story, she is taken in by a Resistance family, and essentially becomes a Resistance agent in her efforts to complete Julie's mission.]]
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* WickedCultured: Von Linden fits this trope perfectly.
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* SurvivalMantra: "FLY THE PLANE, MADDIE!"
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* ChekhovsSkill: Maddie's shooting ability.
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* InelegantBlubbering: Maddie does a lot of this.
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* SpottingTheThread: Queenie looked the wrong way when crossing the street, which made a German official suspect that she was British.
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* VulnerableConvoy: The Resistance attacks a convoy transporting prisoners, including [[spoiler: Julie]].
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* DelayedNarratorIntroduction: Queenie, as narrator, introduces Maddie to her narrative before introducing herself. When she does introduce the character of Queenie, she initially does not reveal that she is Queenie.
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* DefiantCaptive: Queenie struggles against her captors, tries to escape, and [[spoiler: feeds the Nazis false information]].
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* LaResistance: the The [[TropeNamer Trope Namers]] are mentioned throughout the book, and Maddie and Queenie's mission was to deliver [[spoiler: explosives]] to them. [[spoiler: in Maddie's part of the story, she is taken in by a Resistance family, and essentially becomes a Resistance agent in her efforts to complete Julie's mission.]]
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* HandsOnApproach: Paul to Maddie when he's teaching her how to shoot a gun.
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* DoubleTap: The [[LaResistance Resistance]] can't take prisoners, so they use this to make sure their targets are killed. [[spoiler: Maddie uses it to kill Julie]].
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* BlitzEvacuees: The Craig Castle Irregulars.
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* FamousAncestor: Queenie is descended from [[{{Braveheart}} William Wallace]], {{Macbeth}}, and [[MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]].
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* ScrapbookStory: The novel is composed of Queenie's confession, [[spoiler: Maddie]]'s writing, and a few other letters and notes.
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* ClassifiedInformation: Most of the events of the book. Careless talk costs lives, after all.
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* ClassifiedInformation: Most of the events of the book. Careless After all, careless talk costs lives, after all.lives.
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Maddie and Julie's mission wasn't to deliver wireless radios to the Resistance, it was to deliver explosives in order to destroy the Chateau De Bordeaux, and the occasionally underlined parts of Queenie's account are actually instructions for how to break inside long enough in order to set the charges]].
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Has a [[SpiritualSuccessor semi-sequel]] written by the same author, ''Rose Under Fire'' that ties into the events of the first book.
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* RaisedByGrandparents: Maddie.
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* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: von Linden.]]
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* [[spoiler: CunningLinguist: Queenie uses her knowledge of German to talk down and interrogate the German bomber, and she later uses her fluency in French and German to become a spy.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: von Linden.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: von Linden.]]
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*TakeItToTheBridge: The book's climax takes place at a bridge.
