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SPECIAL PREVIEW! From Newbery Medalist Avi comes the thrilling and suspenseful story of an ordinary American family who fall under suspicion. It�s 1951, and twelve-year-old Pete Collison is a regular kid in Brooklyn, New York, who loves Sam Spade detective books and radio crime dramas. But when an FBI agent shows up at Pete�s doorstep, accusing Pete�s father of being a Communist, Pete is caught in a real-life mystery. Could there really be Commies in Pete�s family? As Pete follows the quickly accumulating clues, he begins to wonder if the truth could put his family�s livelihood�and even their freedom�at risk. In the tradition of Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?, Don�t You Know There�s a War On?, and Nothing But the Truth, Catch You Later, Traitor tells a funny, insightful story packed with realistic period detail of a boy in mid-twentieth-century America whose family is caught in the wide net of America�s Red Scare. Praise for Who Was that Masked Man, Anyway?: �Avi celebrates our dreams.� �Booklist, starred review Praise for Sophia�s War: �Outstanding historical fiction, bringing to dramatic life the human story behind extraordinary events . . . Rich in period detail, the atmospheric prose vividly re-creates old New York.� �School Library Journal, starred review Praise for City of Orphans: �Heroic deeds, narrow escapes, dastardly villains, amazing coincidences and a family rich in love and hope are all part of an intricate and endlessly entertaining adventure. Terrific!� �Kirkus Reviews, starred review