A Jewish girl-turned-spy must infiltrate an elite Nazi boarding school in this highly commercial, relentlessly nail-biting World War II drama!
After her mother is shot at a checkpoint, fifteen-year-old Sarah--blonde, blue-eyed, and Jewish--finds herself on the run from a government that wants to see every person like her dead. Then Sarah meets a mysterious man with an ambiguous accent, a suspiciously bare apartment, and a lockbox full of weapons. He's a spy, and he needs Sarah to become one, too, to pull off a mission he can't attempt on his own: infiltrate a boarding school attended by the daughters of top Nazi brass, befriend the daughter of a key scientist, and steal the blueprints to a bomb that could destroy the cities of Western Europe. With years of training from her actress mother in the art of impersonation, Sarah thinks she's ready. But nothing prepares her for her cutthroat schoolmates, and soon she finds herself in a battle for survival unlike any she'd ever imagined.
Noteworthy experiences while reading this book: Blew me away!
Recommend this book? Yes
First off this book is not for the faint of heart. I would say that it is somewhere between teen and new adult. Just for the fact of some of the things that happen during the story. The story itself will pull you in and take you, hostage, as you read each page to its fullest. I know that I couldn't put this one down. I know what you're thinking if I loved it so much why the 4 stars and not like a million. Although this one starts out very good and keeps that. It does get a little stagnate during the middle at around page 200 or so it slows down just a little and gets slightly boring. But don't worry it doesn't stay that way.
This one has some great and bad characters that you kind of want to hug and then, of course, beat the crap out of them. The villains are well villains and the heroes are heroes. This was a pretty cut and dry title/story that will take you on a journey with Sarah while she tries to survive as well as helping others out. She does a lot of things in this book that makes you question if she is doing the right thing. And I just couldn't help but feel for her situation. She comes alive off the page and you feel everything she does.
If you love historical fiction, strong female characters, and those who fight for whats right. Check this one out!
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