• I Must Betray You

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    FROM SARAH:

    Set in 1989 Romania, while the Soviet Union is crumbling. This is one of Ruta Sepetys's best. I'd save it for the 16+ crowd. Heads-up for a bit of bad language (though it's appropriately placed), and mature themes. I suggest reading the Redeemed Reader review here.)

    FROM THE PUBLISHER:

    Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren’t free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu in a country governed by isolation and fear, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer. He’s left with only two choices: betray everyone and everything he loves—or use his position to creatively undermine the most notoriously evil dictator in Eastern Europe.

    Cristian risks everything to unmask the truth behind the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. He eagerly joins the revolution to fight for change when the time arrives. But what is the cost of freedom?

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