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Catch You Later, Traitor

by Avi

Ages: 12+

Published: 2015

Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers/Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

ISBN: 978-1-61620-359-7

Keywords: School violence, Politics, Family life

In Brooklyn in the early 1950s, a 12-year-old works to ferret out family secrets and Red scare accusations amid a hostile school environment.