![]() ![]() Arms races, all of them, going nowhere." Ages 12 up. ![]() As one character puts it: "Space, weapons, psychics. Roaring Brook, 17.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-59643-892-7 In this smart and fresh supernatural take on the spy novel, it’s 1963, and the Soviet Union and United. Debut novelist Smith's background in foreign affairs and Russian culture shines through in the historical context of her story and the political savvy of her characters and plot. ![]() Though Yulia yearns for escape and reunite with her family, she also learns valuable skills from the KGB's psychic guardians, including how to shield her mind from other psychics through music. Petersburg, and a reindeer festival in the middle of Siberia. She is quickly swept into a world of Soviet spies, imprisoned in a house with other similarly gifted young men and women, all conscripted to unearth top-secret information from the Americans. About the author (2014) Lindsay Smith's love of Russian culture has taken her to Moscow, St. ![]() Yulia Andreevna Chernina, 17, has the unfortunate luck of getting scooped up by the psychic branch of the KGB for her ability to "read" the past when she touches an object. In this smart and fresh supernatural take on the spy novel, it's 1963, and the Soviet Union and United States are deep into the Cold War, with spycraft a necessary trade on both sides. ![]()
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