SuitabookTrust under pressure
Nadia must gain the trust of assigned teammates while someone on campus is reported to be a double agent and she is framed.
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Sonja Stone - Author
A fast-moving YA thriller about a teenager entering a secretive training programme, where academic pressure, team-building and suspicion intensify after someone is accused of betrayal.
Sixteen-year-old Nadia Riley is delighted to earn a spot at an elite, government-funded boarding school.Nothing sounds better than leaving behind her fraught relationship with her ex-boyfriend and moving to faraway Arizona for a spot at Desert Mountain Academy. But the Academy is more than Nadia bargained for: it's a covert CIA program training high-achieving students for the Black-Ops. Nadia struggles to keep up in her new classes while gaining the trust of her assigned teammates. Things get worse when news leaks that there is a double agent on campus, and someone is framing Nadia. Nadia discovers dark secrets about her fellow teammates and learns one of them is the deserter.With a setting that is Hogwarts meets The Bourne Identity, this debut YA thriller will make readers mad with suspense.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA fast-moving YA thriller about a teenager entering a secretive training programme, where academic pressure, team-building and suspicion intensify after someone is accused of betrayal.
Nadia must gain the trust of assigned teammates while someone on campus is reported to be a double agent and she is framed.
Consider whether the secret training programme and being framed feel exciting, troubling or both. You might also ask how Nadia’s earlier relationship affects her move, without assuming the story resolves that conflict.
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