The book “Sekret” by Lindsay Smith is about a girl named Yulia. She lives in Moscow, Russia during 1963. Her brother, Zhenya, has a mental issue that his family cannot address because they are too poor to visit a doctor. When Yulia was young, her rich father that worked as a scientist, left their family. Yulia earns most her family’s money through the black market. One day she was confronted by a pair of twins who tried to take her away. She ran to her house to find it empty. She was then taken away to join the KGB, a government organization much like the CIA but fictionalized. Yulia always knew she was special and her unbelievable story unfolds through the book “Sekret” Yulia is brave, caring, and. intelligent.
