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The Roundtable

Bestselling author Ruta Sepetys discusses new YA thriller "I Must Betray You"

By Joe Donahue
Published March 8, 2022 at 10:50 AM EST
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Ruta Sepetys is an internationally acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction published in over sixty countries and forty languages. In her new YA thriller, Cristian has lived his entire life in the grip of a repressive dictatorship. The country is governed by fear. When the secret police blackmail him, Cristian has an impossible choice. Save the life of his sick grandfather by informing on his family, or risk his life - and all of theirs - by resisting?

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