Orphan Monster Spy
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · February 19, 2019
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- Who it’s for
- A tense wartime spy story pairs undercover deception with the nerve it takes to resist.
- Genres
- Holocaust Stories for Teens, YA Spy Thrillers, War & Military YA
- Published
- Penguin Young Readers Group, February 19, 2019
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"Like Inglourious Basterds for tweens, this clever YA title features Sarah, a blond, blue-eyed Jewish girl in 1939 Germany."--The New York Post After her mother is shot at a checkpoint, fifteen-year-old Sarah finds herself on the run from the Nazis in Third Reich-ruled Germany. While trying to escape, Sarah meets a mysterious man with an ambiguous accent, a suspiciously bare apartment, and a lockbox full of weapons.
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He's part of the secret resistance against the Reich, and he needs her help. Sarah is to hide in plain sight at a boarding school for the daughters of top Nazi brass, posing as one of them. She must befriend the daughter of a key scientist to gain access to the blueprints for a bomb that could destroy the cities of Western Europe, and steal them. Sarah may look like the rest of the girls, innocent, blonde-haired, and young, but she refuses to become one of the monsters she's surrounded by. She's a brilliant con artist, convincing them she's one of them even as she lives in terror of being found out. And she's determined to get her revenge on them all.
Undercover Nerve
A tense wartime spy story pairs undercover deception with the nerve it takes to resist.
Come here for
- Undercover danger inside a school for Nazi leaders’ daughters
- A young spy’s nerve under pressure
Expect
- A clever con artist navigating fear and suspicion
- Resistance, revenge, and a high-stakes mission
Where it sits
| YA Spy Thrillers | 76% |
|---|---|
| Holocaust Stories for Teens | 55% |
| War & Military YA | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Holocaust Stories for Teens
- Boarding School YA
- Thrillers & Suspense
- Authors
- Saskia Maarleveld, Matt Killeen, Listening Library
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- February 19, 2019
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Holocaust Stories for Teens