Orphan, Agent, Prima, Pawn
- ISBN-10
- 1616956550
- ISBN-13
- 9781616956554
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Publisher
- Soho Press
- Author
- Elizabeth Kiem
Description
The year is 1958, and 16-year-old Svetlana is stuck in a Moscow orphanage Her dream of becoming a dancer comes true: she's invited to join The Bolshoi Ballet, whose power as a symbol of Soviet prowess is unmatched - except perhaps by the dreaded KGB secret police. Sveta is stunned when officers show up at her door, claiming to know about a trance she once fell into. Some very powerful people believe Sveta is capable of serving the regime as much more than a dancer. They want to enlist her against the West as a psychic spy. Now she must explore this other talent if she is to survive.
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