Suspect red / by L.M. Elliott.
Material type: TextPublisher: Los Angeles : Disney-Hyperion, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: 291 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781423157540 (hardcover)
- 1423157540 (hardcover)
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Washington (D.C.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction
- Loyalty -- Juvenile fiction
- World politics -- 1945-1955 -- Juvenile fiction
- Cold War -- Juvenile fiction
- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Fiction | Elliott Laura | Available | 33111008820876 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
It's 1953, and the United States has just executed an American couple convicted of spying for the Soviet Union. Everyone is on edge as the Cold War standoff between communism and democracy leads to the rise of Senator Joe McCarthy and his zealous hunt for people he calls subversives or communist sympathisers. Suspicion, loyalty oaths, blacklists, political profiling, hostility to foreigners, and the assumption of guilt by association divide the nation. Richard and his family believe deeply in American values and love of country, especially since Richard's father works for the FBI. Yet when a family from Czechoslovakia moves in down the street with a son Richard's age named Vlad, their bold ideas about art and politics bring everything into question. Richard is quickly drawn to Vlad's confidence, musical sensibilities, and passion for literature, which Richard shares. But as the nation's paranoia spirals out of control, Richard longs to prove himself a patriot, and blurred lines bet
In 1950s Washington, D.C., teenaged Richard, a bookworm whose father works for the FBI, experiences effects of McCarthyism, beginning with book banning and ending with a threat to his half-Czech friend.
Includes bibliographical references and filmography.