Undercover Latina

A teenage girl is recruited by her spy parents to infiltrate a high school and befriend the son of a white supremacist in order to stop a planned terrorist attack.

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320 pages· 62,603 words· Est. 7 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Fourteen-year-old Andréa, a Latina spy, faces her first solo mission: infiltrate a white supremacist's world by posing as a white girl. As she navigates comic books and gaming to befriend her target, she must conceal her identity and feelings for his Latino friend. Can she maintain her cover and stop a terrorist plot without losing herself?

From the publisher

A Latina teen spy goes undercover as a white girl to stop a white supremacist terrorist plot in a fast-paced young adult debut from a seasoned author of contemporary crime fiction. In her debut for younger readers, Aya de León pits a teen spy against the ominous workings of a white nationalist. Fourteen-year-old Andréa Hernández-Baldoquín hails from a family of spies working for the Factory, an international organization dedicated to protecting people of color. For her first solo mission, Andréa straightens her hair and goes undercover as Andrea Burke, a white girl, to befriend the estranged son of a dangerous white supremacist. In addition to her Factory training, the assignment calls for a deep dive into the son’s interests–comic books and gaming–all while taking care not to speak Spanish and blow her family’s cover. But it’s hard to hide who you really are, especially when you develop a crush on your target’s Latino best friend. Can Andréa keep her head, her geek cred, and her code-switching on track to trap a terrorist? Smart, entertaining, and politically astute, this is fast-paced young adult fare from an established author of heist and espionage novels for adults.