Another Spellbinding Story from a Master of Historic Fiction
Incredible, terrifying, heart-pounding page turner: the minute I see the name Ruta Sepetys, I feel certain that I must read that book. I MUST BETRAY YOU continues in the Sepetys' tradition. This book grabs readers on page one and pulls them into the story. The 1989 setting in Bucharest, Romania, is frightening, not only for its citizens' lack of food and proper heating or lighting but also for the lack of hope. The world has come to learn the dangers of megalomaniac leaders and want-to-be dictators in the decades, but Romania's Nicolae Ceaușescu - executed by his own desperate citizens in 1989- remains among some of history's most evil, despite the passing of time.
With a teenage-boy (Cristian Florescu) as this book's first-person narrator, readers of all ages will relate to all of the fears and desires, as well as see how easy it is for a dictatorial government to force people to do what they want.
For anyone who enjoyed the historically accurate novel Fountains of Silence, mark your calendars for a run to your local bookstore! This publishes February 1, 2022.
With a teenage-boy (Cristian Florescu) as this book's first-person narrator, readers of all ages will relate to all of the fears and desires, as well as see how easy it is for a dictatorial government to force people to do what they want.
For anyone who enjoyed the historically accurate novel Fountains of Silence, mark your calendars for a run to your local bookstore! This publishes February 1, 2022.