Megan Frazer Blakemore

Hazel Kaplansky and new student Samuel Butler investigate rumors that a Russian spy has infiltrated their small Vermont town, amidst the fervor of Cold War era McCarthyism, but more is revealed than they could ever have imagined. Hazel Kaplansky and Samuel Butler investigate rumors that a Russian spy has infiltrated their Vermont town, amid the fervor of Cold War-era McCarthyism. What they find reveals more about themselves and the people of their town than they could ever know.

326 p. ; 22 cm

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