Dancer, Daughter, Traitor, Spy
Author: Kiem, Elizabeth
ISBN: 9781616954222
Publisher: SOHO TEEN
Year First Published: 2018
Pages: 304
Dimensions: 208mm x 140mm x 24mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A timely YA thriller-part John Le Carre and part The Americans-about a Bolshoi ballerina trapped by family secrets and a legacy of espionage.
The Bolshoi Saga- Marina
Marina is born into privilege. A talented young dancer with Russia's Bolshoi Ballet at the height of the Cold War, she seems destined to follow in the footsteps of her mother Svetlana, a Soviet Artist of the People. But when Svetlana disappears without explanation, Marina and her father have to get out. Fast. They defect to America, hoping they've escaped Russia's secret police, hoping they can make a fresh start in New York. Instead they discover the web of intrigue around Brooklyn's Brighton Beach is as tangled as the one they left behind.
Story Locale- 1982 Soviet Union/Brighton Beach, Brooklyn
ISBN: 9781616954222
Publisher: SOHO TEEN
Year First Published: 2018
Pages: 304
Dimensions: 208mm x 140mm x 24mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A timely YA thriller-part John Le Carre and part The Americans-about a Bolshoi ballerina trapped by family secrets and a legacy of espionage.
The Bolshoi Saga- Marina
Marina is born into privilege. A talented young dancer with Russia's Bolshoi Ballet at the height of the Cold War, she seems destined to follow in the footsteps of her mother Svetlana, a Soviet Artist of the People. But when Svetlana disappears without explanation, Marina and her father have to get out. Fast. They defect to America, hoping they've escaped Russia's secret police, hoping they can make a fresh start in New York. Instead they discover the web of intrigue around Brooklyn's Brighton Beach is as tangled as the one they left behind.
Story Locale- 1982 Soviet Union/Brighton Beach, Brooklyn
