White Widow: Secret Sisters
223 pages · Released Sep 2, 2025 · Random House/Marvel
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This YA spy thriller features a protagonist trained by an elite, brutal spy organization and involves action sequences typical of espionage fiction. While violence is present, it's not graphically depicted. The story emphasizes themes of escape, self-discovery, and protection of the vulnerable, with a protagonist learning to value freedom and human connection. The Red Room's abusive training environment and Yelena's traumatic background create serious emotional weight appropriate for mature teen readers.
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Join Marvel’s breakout super spy, Yelena Belova AKA the White Widow, in a new YA espionage adventure. On a top secret mission, top spy Yelena Belova discovers something very familiar about her next target. Yelena is used to the brutal, cutthroat world of the Red Room—the elite, mysterious spy-training facility that rai... Join Marvel’s breakout super spy, Yelena Belova AKA the White Widow, in a new YA espionage adventure. On a top secret mission, top spy Yelena Belova discovers something very familiar about her next target. Yelena is used to the brutal, cutthroat world of the Red Room—the elite, mysterious spy-training facility that raised her. But when her handlers send her on a top secret mission to the US—what they call “the American Outpost”—she finds barely capable girls who can’t even take a punch. Yelena doesn’t make many friends, but the freedom Americans enjoy gives her a glimpse of what her life could be—if she could ever escape the Red Room. Then her mission goes terribly wrong. Now she’s on the run with an orphaned eight-year-old. It’s a deadly road trip of self-discovery, as Yelena outruns her past and struggles to save a girl who reminds Yelena of her younger self—a girl whose shocking origin ties her fate inextricably to Yelena’s.
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ISBN 9781368115025 · Random House/Marvel