Binding: Paperback
Description: Amanda Mc Crina's Traitor is a tightly woven Y a thrill ride exploring political conflict deep - seated prejudice and the terror of living in a world where betrayal is a matter of life or death. Alive with detail and vivid with insight Traitor is an effortlessly immersive account of a shocking and little - known moment in the turbulent history of Poland and Ukraine and ironically a piercing and bittersweet story of unflinching loyalty. I think Tolya has left my heart a little damaged forever. Elizabeth Wein #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Code Name Verity and The Enigma Game Poland 1944. After the Soviet liberation of Lw w from Germany the city remains a battleground between resistance fighters and insurgent armies its loyalties torn between Poland and Ukraine. Seventeen - year - old Tolya Korolenko is half Ukrainian half Polish and he joined the Soviet Red Army to keep himself alive and fed. When he not - quite - accidentally shoots his unit's political officer in the street he's rescued by a squad of Ukrainian freedom fighters. They might have saved him but Tolya doesn't trust them. He especially doesn't trust Solovey the squad's war - scarred young leader who has plenty of secrets of his own. Then a betrayal sends them both on the run. And in a city where loyalty comes second to self - preservation a traitor can be an enemy or a savior or sometimes both. This title has common core connections.
Title: Traitor A Novel Of World War Ii
Author(s): Mccrina Amanda
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Barcode: 9781250802668
Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Date: 2/22/2022
Category: Historical Fiction (Children's / Teenage)