I must betray you

Title
I must betray you

Personal Author EPSB
Ruta, Sepetys

Summary
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.

Year Published
2022-2023

Physical Description
ix, 319 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Awards
2025 Young Reader’s Choice Award YRCA Senior nominee

Subject
Espionage -- Romania -- History -- Fiction.
 
Families -- Romania -- Fiction.
 
Dictatorship -- Fiction.
 
Revolutions -- Fiction.
 
Young adult fiction

Geographic Term
Romania -- History -- Revolution, 1989 -- Fiction.
 
Bucharest (Romania) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.

Genre
Historical fiction
 
Political fiction
 
Spy fiction

Summary
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.

ISBN
9781984836038
 
9781984836045

Publisher
New York : Philomel Books, 2022.
 
New York : Philomel Books, 2023.
 
©2022


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Kate ChegwinFIC SEPBook30574000638450Fiction
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