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Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen (view source)
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Sarah, a Jewish girl in Nazi Germany as WWII is about to break out, finds herself alone after her mother is shot as they try to escape the country. She meets a mysterious man and, in a fit of dangerous altruism, saves him from arrest by the soldiers. This reckless act changes everything for Sarah, who finds herself is recruited as a spy by this man - the Captain, posing as a German businessman - and sent to infiltrate a girl's school full of the daughters of the great and good of the Reich. Her mission? To befriend the daughter of a nuclear scientist and get access to his research. Sarah might be Jewish but she is also blonde-haired and blue-eyed. But will this be enough to maintain her cover? The tiniest slip could be fatal...
Ooh, ooh, ooh! My goodness but ''Orphan Monster Spy'' is a gripping book. I read all four hundred pages on a Sunday afternoon in one sitting and looked up to discover it was dark outside and perilously close to bed time! Killeen plunges us into the narrative by way of in media res - right in the middle of a scene in which central character Sarah is witness to her mother's murder at the hands of the Nazis. It's gruesome. And I should say here, if gruesome isn't your thing, this book won't be either because it doesn't pull any punches. So, Sarah's mother gets her head shot off right in front of her and the first chapter is a terrifying night-time chase, during the course of which Sarah meets a man who will change the trajectory of her life completely. You can see why I had to keep reading, can't you?