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Violence
A lot
Revolutionary violence; deaths; combat in a fractured political landscape
Language
Some
Moderate language; YA register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild; developing romantic relationships
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Moderate; the moral complexity of a revolution; what twins owe each other when their values diverge; the gap between a revolution's principles and its practice
What this book is about
The second book in Westerfeld's Impostors series — set in the Uglies universe decades later — follows Frey, twin sister to the legendary rebel leader Rafi. When the revolution Frey helped ignite begins fracturing and Rafi turns to violence, Frey must decide what she owes her sister and what she owes the people who followed them. Westerfeld returns to his most famous world with harder questions than the original trilogy asked.
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Revolutionary violence
Character deaths
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