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Robin Benway
- Reading
- Try reading together in short stretches, pausing to compare the demands of Maggie’s assignment with the pressures of fitting in; check whether the spy plot or school story is drawing more interest.
- Themes
- Keeping a cover: Maggie’s first solo assignment requires her not to blow her cover while she begins school and pursues friendships. The premise makes secrecy part of the adventure, but does not show whether the story questions or endorses it.
- Belonging at school: Having never attended high school, Maggie encounters cliques and tries to make friends in a new school. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Attraction and a potential threat: Maggie is drawn to the son of someone described as a potential national-security threat. The premise sets up a tension between attraction and the assignment; it does not establish how the relationship or threat develops.
- Worth knowing
- The setup includes school cliques described as mean-girl wannabes, a secret assignment and attraction involving a potential national-security threat. How these elements develop is unclear.