Like Julie, Maddie has to try to stay alive in occupied France, while looking for Julie. The biggest complication comes at the beginning of Part 2, when Maddie picks up the narrative and we realize she's not dead. Meanwhile, Julie is designated a "Night and Fog" prisoner, so we know the Nazis plan to make her disappear. The rest of Part 1, narrated by Julie, describes how Maddie became a pilot and how she came to be friends with Julie and drop her in France. Rising Action Survivor: World War II Edition This sets the scene, letting us know where we are… and possibly where we're headed. Believing her best friend, Maddie Brodatt, the ATA pilot who dropped her in France, died when the plane she was flying crashed, she launches into the story of their friendship. She begins to write a full report of her wartime activities for her captors in exchange for more time and better treatment. Exposition Nazi-Occupied France: Not a Nice Place to Visit, and We Definitely Wouldn't Want to Live ThereĪs the novel opens, Julie Beaufort-Stuart, a British spy, has been captured and interrogated by the Nazi Gestapo in Ormaie, France.
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