SuitabookCoercion and family loyalty
Ellie is offered a choice between infiltrating the environmental group and her parents going to jail.
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April Henry - Author
A high-stakes YA thriller about coercion, environmental activism and divided loyalties. Ellie’s undercover role becomes morally complicated as genuine commitment and personal attachment challenge the mission imposed on her.
When Ellie's parents are busted for possession of marijuana, the FBI gives her a choice: infiltrate the Mother Earth Defenders (MED), a radical environmental group, or her parents will go to jail. At first Ellie is more than willing to entrap the MEDics, but the more time she spends undercover—particularly with Coyote, the green-eyed MEDic that she can't stop thinking about—the more she starts to believe in their cause. When talk turns to murder, Coyote backs out, but Ellie is willing to risk everything to save her family—even if it means losing Coyote and putting her own life on the line.April Henry, author of the acclaimed YA thriller Shock Point, pulls an issue straight from the headlines as she deftly explores what happens when good intentions get out of hand. With the environment a hot topic, this blend of explosive action and romance will make Torched a must-read for all suspense lovers.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA high-stakes YA thriller about coercion, environmental activism and divided loyalties. Ellie’s undercover role becomes morally complicated as genuine commitment and personal attachment challenge the mission imposed on her.
Ellie is offered a choice between infiltrating the environmental group and her parents going to jail.
Ellie begins by intending to entrap the group but increasingly believes in its environmental cause; discussion then turns to murder.
It is worth discussing the pressure placed on Ellie, since the FBI links her cooperation to her parents’ imprisonment. The story also involves criminal allegations, possible murder, life-threatening danger and romantic conflict.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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