#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A gut-wrenching, startling historical thriller about a young man in communist Romania who dared to resist the spy network that devastated a nation, from the award-winning author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray.
* "Sepetys brilliantly blends a staggering amount of research with heart, craft, and insight in a way very few writers can. Compulsively readable and brilliant."-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL
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: either 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.
| ISBN: | 9781984836038 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 2022 |
| Author: | Ruta Sepetys |
| Publisher: | Philomel Books an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories European history |
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A gut-wrenching, startling historical thriller about a young man in communist Romania who dared to resist the spy network that devastated a nation, from the award-winning author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray.* "Sepetys brilliantly blends a staggering amount of research with heart, craft, and insight in a way very few writers can. Compulsively readable and brilliant."-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDALRomania, 1989.
I Must Betray You features in the following genres: Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, European history
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I Must Betray You was written by Ruta Sepetys and published by Philomel Books an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group
I Must Betray You has 336 pages