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Convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union against the United States Ethel Rosenberg shares the story of her beliefs loves secrets betrayals and injustices in this compelling YA novel in verseIn 1953 Ethel Rosenberg a devoted wife and loving mother faces the electric chair People say shes a spy a Communist a red How did she get here In a series of heartwrenching poems Ethel tells her story The child of Jewish immigrants Ethel Greenglass grows up on New York Citys Lower East Side She dreams of being an actress and a singer but finds romance and excitement in the arms of the charming Julius Rosenberg Both are ardent supporters of rights for workers but are they spies Who is passing atomic secrets to the Soviets Why does everyone seem out to get them This first book for young readers about Ethel Rosenberg is a fascinating portrait of a commonly misunderstood figure from American history and vividly relates a story that continues to have relevance today