You Don't Know My Name

Gr 10 Up—Reagan Hillis cannot keep track of all of the different Reagans she has been. Raised from a young age to be an elite spy and commando, she is expected to become a Black Angel, a member of the covert CIA organization that her parents work for. This life is physically, mentally, and emotionally demanding, and no place feels like home. It seems like the moment she settles into a new cover, it is ripped away, and she has relocated numerous times, in the middle of the night, without the chance to say good-bye to the friends she has made. Then she lands in New Albany, OH, and against her better judgment, develops close friendships that make her feel a little more normal and prompt questions about her future choices. But disaster strikes. Will she be ripped from the best life she has had? This reads like a more mature, serious version of Ally Carter's I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have To Kill You or Joe Schreiber's Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick. At its core, it is an action-packed novel about searching for oneself in the midst of heavy expectations. The violence is plot-advancing rather than gratuitous, while the main character is a strategizing, brave teen who is attempting to find her way both in the moment and into her own future.