Bound To Stay Bound

		Forbidden City (City Spies)  Author: Ponti, James  Publisher:  Thorndike Press (2023)  Classification: Fiction  Physical Description: 497 p.,  22 cm  BTSB No: 705153  ISBN: 9798885788793  Ages: 8-12  Grades: 3-7  Subjects:  Spies -- Fiction  Conspiracies -- Fiction  Nuclear physicists -- Fiction  Boy bands -- Fiction  Adventure fiction  Large print books
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Summary:
Umbra attempts to use any means necessary to recruit a North Korean nuclear physicist. MI6 seeks to thwart their plans by connecting with the scientist's chess prodigy son at a pair of tournaments in Moscow and Beijing. Meanwhile, Sydney goes undercover as a junior reporter for a teen lifestyle site following the daughter of a British billionaire touring with a popular boy band whose international tour is part of the Umbra conspiracy linked to the nuclear scientist. Large print hardcover format.