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Liberty (Spanish edition)

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Andrea Portes, la autora best seller de La anatomía de una inadaptada y El otoño de las mariposas vuelve con otra irresistible heroína sarcástica en esta nueva novela.

¿Qué es un héroe? Paige Nolan lo sabe. Edward Raynes, el joven que expone las técnicas inconstitucionales de espionaje de América, es un héroe, incluso si la mitad del país piensa que es un traidor. O los padres de Paige, periodistas que fueron capturados por terroristas por contar las historias de los amenazados y oprimidos. Ellos también fueron héroes. Fueron... o son nadie le ha confirmado a Paige si están vivos o muertos.

¿Quiénes no son héroes? Cualquier persona en el gobierno que abandonó a sus padres, dejándoles pudrirse a medio camino en algún lugar del mundo. Y ciertamente no se trata de Paige, quien a pesar de hablar cinco idiomas con fluidez y dominar varias artes marciales (¡gracias mamá!) no hizo nada para salvarlos.

No pudo, es decir, hasta que conoció a Madden Carter, un agente operativo encubierto que le asigna una misión, viajar Rusia, encontrar Raynes y descubrir de qué otros secretos gubernamentales se ha apropiado. A cambio de lo cual, él reabrirá el caso de sus padres desaparecidos. Le da un seudónimo y una identidad encubierta como estudiante de intercambio. ¿Quién es un héroe? No Paige Nolan, pero quizás, sólo quizás, la libertad.

The bestselling author of Anatomy of Misfit and The Fall of Butterflies, Andrea Portes, is back with another irresistible snarky heroine in Liberty.

What is a hero? Paige Nolan knows. Edward Raynes, the young man who exposed America's unconstitutional spying techniques, is a hero, even if half the dum-dums in the country think he's a traitor. Or Paige's parents, journalists who were captured by terrorists while telling stories of the endangered and oppressed. They were heroes, too. Were... or are—no one has ever told Paige if they're still alive, or dead.

Not heroes? Anyone in the government who abandoned her parents, letting them rot somewhere halfway across the world. And certainly not Paige herself, who despite her fluency in five languages and mastery of several obscure martial arts (thanks, Mom!) could do nothing to save them.

Couldn't, that is, until she's approached by Madden Carter, an undercover operative who gives her a mission—fly to Russia, find Raynes, and discover what other government secrets he's stockpiled. In exchange, he'll reopen the case on her missing parents. She's given a code name and a cover as a foreign exchange student.

Who is a hero? Not Paige Nolan, but maybe, just maybe, Liberty is.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 29, 2017
      Paige Nolan’s parents, lauded investigative journalists, have disappeared under mysterious circumstances in Damascus and are presumed dead. After Paige, a Bryn Mawr student, uses her significant martial arts abilities to take out a pair of belligerent “open carry” enthusiasts at an Applebee’s, she attracts the attention of Madden, a handler from a top-secret government agency, who offers Paige a job and suggests that her parents may still be alive. Following some extensive physical training, Paige is off to Moscow to find Sean Raynes, a Snowdenesque hacker/whistleblower, who might be able to help find her parents. Portes (The Fall of Butterflies) gives her multilingual heroine a sharp-edged, love-it-or-hate-it voice that addresses the reader as a friend/coconspirator (“What we are looking at right now, you and I, is a very, and I mean very fancy restaurant in Moscow. This is, like, where Vladimir Putin has his lunch, when he’s not bare-chested fishing, bare-chested invading neighboring countries”). Though this spy caper is a bit slow to ramp up, it’s a blast once it does, and the ending suggests future missions for Paige. Ages 13–up. Agent: Rosemary Stimola, Stimola Literary Studio.

    • School Library Journal

      Starred review from April 1, 2017
      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 close to Sean Raynes, a whistle-blower for America's spying program. The assignment gets complicated when the two begin to fall into a real relationship, only for the protagonist to discover that her ultimate directive is to kill Sean. The ending is left open for a sequel. Audiences will appreciate the multilayered plot and cultural references. Paige's misadventures through training and missions keep readers turning pages in this fast-paced spy drama. Dialogue is fresh and funny, lending an authentic voice to the unexpected heroine. No enemy is safe from Paige's brains, wit, and heart of gold. Portes deftly weaves a story of an unlikely spy, and readers will be convinced that being recruited by a top-secret government agency for a potentially deadly international mission is possible-and totally fun. Fans of Libba Bray will enjoy the sharp banter and eclectic cultural observations. VERDICT An entertaining girl-power, kick-butt, espionage romp that belongs in all libraries.-Carrie Finberg, South Park High School, PA

      Copyright 2017 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Kirkus

      April 1, 2017
      If your journalist parents are dead--or "probably dead"--why not become a spy and an assassin?On their way from Istanbul to Damascus, Paige Nolan's parents disappeared amid gunfire at a checkpoint. Since then, the white, fashion-conscious, pop-culture-savvy protagonist has gone on to matriculate at Bryn Mawr, where she leads the sexually independent and alcohol-misted life of a typical college student. Dear reader, as Paige addresses "you" directly, you know that an even greater life-changing event happened at an Applebee's restaurant. She used martial arts to disarm two guys toting AK-47s, but due to her dissociative disorder, she witnesses her actions as if outside her body and shrugs off the event. But officials (and perhaps Lord of the Rings fans) at the Reconnaissance and Intelligence AuTHority discover and recruit Paige for an information-gathering mission. In exchange for uncovering secrets of Sean Raynes, an American superhacker and whistleblower now gone to ground in Russia (akin to Edward Snowden), her parents' case will become active. After quick training, Paige assumes the role of an exchange student at Moscow State University. The young RAITH operative navigates Russian secret agents and contacts in the mob with fast-paced action and biting wit--and perhaps while falling in love with Raynes in the process. An open ending leaves room for sequels. A fun--and even funnier--thriller. (Thriller. 14-adult)

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    • Booklist

      June 1, 2017
      Grades 9-12 Best-selling author Portes' latest takes a high-concept, ripped-from-the-headlines premise and infuses it with warmth and zip. College student Paige's journalist parents were captured by terrorists, and their fate is still uncertain. When the charming sociopath Madden Carter, an undercover operative for RAITH, seeks Paige out on campus and promises they're alive and she can help find them, Paige willingly joins the spy world. Suddenly, she's jetting off to Russia, posing as a foreign-exchange student, and tasked with luring the Edward Snowdenesque Sean Raynes, who she's not supposed to fall for. (Whoops.) Paige's new Russian friends Katarina and Uri provide additional opportunities for laughs, keeping the story light and breezy. Though the plot deals with decidedly life-or-death stakes, the voice is right out of Gilmore Girls central casting: quip-filled, lightning fast, and brimming with pop-culture references. Given the extent to which Russia has been dominating recent headlines, teens tuned into the news are likely to have an added interest in stories set there. Effortlessly readable, if not remotely realistic.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2017, American Library Association.)

    • The Horn Book

      July 1, 2017
      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. After the footage appears on social media, Paige is approached by a campus recruiter who turns out to be part of a secret government spy agency. She reluctantly joins up, in exchange for information about her parents' whereabouts, and is sent to Russia to befriend and/or seduce Sean Raynes, an Edward Snowden-type character. Paige relates the story to an offstage you, and her voice is wry, acerbic, and occasionally vulnerable as she describes the places and people around her, from her three college non-boyfriends to a Russian crime lord and his fashion-forward wife to the two highly amusing frenemies she makes in Russia. Suspend your disbelief (like, majorly) and go along for the twisty ride in this smart, humor-laced, girl-spy adventure romance, first in a projected series. elissa gershowitz

      (Copyright 2017 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

    • The Horn Book

      July 1, 2017
      Outwardly tough-as-nails Paige is recruited by a secret government spy agency and sent to Russia to befriend and/or seduce an Edward Snowdentype character. Paige's voice, addressing an offstage "you," is wry, acerbic, and occasionally vulnerable. Suspend your disbelief and go along for the twisty ride in this smart, humor-laced, girl-spy adventure romance, first in a projected series.

      (Copyright 2017 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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