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The Winter Soldier

Cold Front

by Mackenzi Lee
Christian Coulson
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1954: The Winter Soldier is the Soviet Union's greatest weapon. Assigned the most dangerous covert missions from the USSR's secret military branch, and guided by a handler who knows him better than he knows himself, he has only one purpose: to obey orders. But he wasn't always the Winter Soldier . . . 1941: As World War II begins, sixteen-year-old Bucky Barnes is determined to enlist in the US army—if only the local commander will stop getting in his way. When Bucky is offered enrollment in a training program with the British Special Operations Executive—the UK's secret service—he leaps at the chance to become a hero. But Bucky has hardly touched down in London when he finds himself running from a mysterious assassin and accompanied by an English chess champion fond of red lipstick and double crosses. She's in possession of a secret every side is desperate to get their hands on. If only they knew what it was . . . Decades later, the Winter Soldier struggles to solve the same mystery Bucky is just beginning to uncover. As their missions intersect across time, their lives collide too—in a way that neither of them would have expected, and that will change the course of their respective wars. In The Winter Soldier: Cold Front, on-sale on February 7, 2023, New York Times best-selling author Mackenzi Lee explores the youth of one of Marvel's most compelling characters, James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes—and the enemy soldier he is forced to become.

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    February 7, 2023

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781368082648
      • File size: 269658 KB
      • Duration: 09:21:47

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      April 28, 2023

      Gr 6 Up-Lee pens another successful YA origin story for a well-known Marvel character. Eschewing the Marvel movie continuity, Captain America is merely a background character to James "Bucky" Barnes's solo adventures. Cutting between two time periods, Lee weaves together a study of teen Bucky's first espionage encounter in 1941, along with Bucky's missions as the metal-armed and brainwashed KGB Winter Soldier in the 1950s. Both versions of Bucky are extremely intelligent, whether an adult navigating an unknown city to hunt a target or a 16-year-old running a supply black market for enlisted soldiers. Despite the very different circumstances, Bucky's independence and rebellious spirit remain consistent. Lee manages to maintain suspense and tension while having connective tissue between the two stories, in particular through the doomed love affair with the unwitting Hydra pawn Imogen Flemming, whose chess genius helps Bucky learn to think strategically. As would be expected by a wartime espionage thriller, the story does include mature elements including non-explicit teen sex, several depictions of murder, and one suicide. Some basic familiarity with the Marvel universe would aid the reader (e.g., knowing what Hydra is), but the book largely stands alone and separate from the larger shared universe. VERDICT Fans of the previous "Marvel Rebels & Renegades" YA books, military espionage, or The Queen's Gambit will enjoy this nail-biting thriller. -Tammy Ivins

      Copyright 2023 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Kirkus

      December 1, 2022
      Can an origin story for Bucky Barnes as he becomes the Winter Soldier be anything but painful? In this volume, Lee continues exploring Marvel's misunderstood antagonists. It's 1954, smack in the middle of Bucky's journey from hero to villain and back again. Instead of Bucky, there's only the Winter Soldier, a brainwashed torturer and assassin for the (slightly Cold War-caricatured) Soviet Union. The Soldier--confused by his lack of memory, wishing he knew his own name--is nonetheless an obedient asset and a loyal partner to his handler. As the Winter Soldier performs his mission, in a storyline interspersed with movie-style action scenes, some chapters flash back to 1941: The U.S. hasn't yet entered the war, and 16-year-old Bucky pesters his snarky, affectionate guardian to let him enlist (roughly following comics canon, not the movie). Teen Bucky's an incorrigible flirt and smuggler (or entrepreneur!), but he wants to serve his country. Knowledgeable readers and new fans alike will see the forthcoming disaster in young Bucky's eagerness to fight for people who he's beginning to realize are morally compromised. He starts up a doomed but profound romance with a girl he meets on his first mission. Meanwhile, in 1954, the Soldier's resurfacing memories of Captain America reveal an extremely close affection between the two. All characters appear to be White. Cinematic, CGI-ready action--but also a moving exploration of memory and identity. (Science fiction. 13-18)

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