Summer Reading 2014
Dancer, Daughter, Traitor, Spy By Elizabeth Kiem
Character Analysis
(Marya) Marina Dukovskaya
Marina is the protagonist of the book. She is a teen who deals with her challenging life through dance. She is a young Russian ballerina, a student of the Bolshoi Ballet Academy.
Other Characters
Viktor Fydorevich Dukovskaya- Marina's father, a biologist.
Svetlana Dukovskaya- Marina's mother
Vera Petrovna- Marina's dance instructor
Setting
Set in 1982, a time of implacable bureaucracy. Takes place in Russia, then New York.
Genre
Mystery,