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I Must Betray You [Large Print]

Author: Sepetys, Ruta

Follett Number: 1838WW2
Audience: Young Adult
Publisher: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2022
Format: 487 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
ISBN-13: 978-1-43289-538-9
ISBN-10: 1-43289-538-9
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Large Print; Fiction

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Subjects:
Bucharest (Romania) History 20th Century Fiction
Dictatorship Fiction
Family Life Romania Fiction
Historical Fiction
Large Print Books
Revolutions Fiction
Romania History Revolution, 1989 Fiction
Spy Fiction
Spy Stories
Suspense Fiction
Thrillers (Fiction)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 470-479). "In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country"--OCLC.

From the publisher:
A gut-wrenching, startling window into communist Romania and the citizen spy network that devastated a nation, from the number one New York Times best-selling, award-winning author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray. Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren't free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceau?escu in a country governed by isolation and fear, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer. He's left with only two choices: Betray everyone and everything he loves -- or use his position to creatively undermine the most notoriously evil dictator in Eastern Europe. Cristian risks everything to unmask the truth behind the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. He eagerly joins the revolution to fight for change when the time arrives. But what is the cost of freedom? Master storyteller Ruta Sepetys is back with a historical thriller that examines the little-known history of a nation defined by silence, pain, and the unwavering conviction of the human spirit.

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