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Gr 10 Up—Paige is a college student who has had anything but a typical life. Her journalist parents ensured she learned five languages, earned a black belt in martial arts, and acquired a healthy skepticism of American involvement in international affairs. Paige's distrust of the government is heightened with the disappearance of her parents, who were captured by terrorists. Are they even still alive? Paige may have been given the chance to find out. The catch? She is to become a spy, fly to Russia, and get ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Paige Nolan is not your typical Bryn Mawr student. The daughter of prize-winning journalists who were kidnapped in Syria and are now presumed dead, Paige hides her grief (and dissociative disorder) behind a tough-as-nails, snarky-as-hell exterior. She's also a martial arts expert who, in a scene-setting vignette at the start of the book, disables two machine gun-toting good ol' boys at an Applebee's...Log In or Sign Up to Read More