Dancer, Daughter, Traitor, Spy
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kiem, Elizabeth, PUBLISHER: Soho Press Inc, Marya is a ballet dancer born of privilege; her mother, Sveta, is the most popular ballet dancer in the Soviet Union: the regime's glamorous face to the West. When her mother disappears, Marya and her father suspect their lives are in danger and arrange a harrowing defection. But Marya has a secret. Like her mother, she can see glimpses of the future: a gift coveted by the powers-that-be in the Soviet Union. Worse, Marya is certain that her father is doomed to be murdered at their new home in Brighton Beach, where his closest friends are unapologetic criminals. Sure enough, when he is shot in his own home, Marya finds herself alone--save for another recent defector: a talented 17-year-old pianist named Ben who studies at her new American school. Together, the two navigate a web of intrigue that ultimately reveals the truth about her gift, her mother's disappearance, and her father's identity.