Greetings from Witness Protection! Contributor(s): Burt, Jake (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250179041 ISBN-13: 9781250179043 Publisher: Square Fish OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Law & Crime - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 750 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.65 lbs) 384 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 192703 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 12.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Nicki Demere is an orphan and a pickpocket. She also happens to be the U.S. Marshals' best bet to keep a family alive. . . . "Jake Burt is a storytelling magician. Partcoming of age tale and part spy thriller, Greetings from Witness Protection could be a collaboration between Judy Blume and Ian Fleming."--Ann M. Martin, New York Times-bestselling author of RainReign and the Baby-Sitters Club series The marshals are looking for the perfect girl to join a mother, father, and son on the run from the nation's most notorious criminals. After all, the bad guys are searching for a family with one kid, not two, and adding a streetwise girl who knows a little something about hiding things may be just what the marshals need. Nicki swears she can keep the Trevor family safe, but to do so she'll have to dodge hitmen, cyberbullies, and the specter of standardized testing, all while maintaining her marshal-mandated B-minus average. As she barely balances the responsibilities of her new identity, Nicki learns that the biggest threats to her family's security might not lurk on the road from New York to North Carolina, but rather in her own past. Jake Burt's debut middle-grade novel Greetings from Witness Protection is as funny as it is poignant. Praise for Greetings from Witness Protection : This inventive, clever story has a lot of heart at its center. Jake Burt's debut is utterly rewarding." --Wendy Mass, New York Times-bestselling author of The Candymakers and Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life The biggest complaint that readers may have about Burt's debut novel is that it ends. --Publishers Weekly, starred review A fun story showcasing a smart, bold girl who creates for herself a community of similarly good-hearted, high-achieving girlfriends--all while playing by the marshals' rules, building a family, dealing with middle school drama, and wrestling her own demons (kleptomania). For readers who enjoy ordinary-kid-turns-hero stories, Burt's debut novel will be an engaging treat. --VOYA |
Contributor Bio(s): Burt, Jake: - Jake Burt teaches the fifth grade in Connecticut. He lives with his wife and their daughter in Hamden, CT. Greetings from Witness Protection! is his fiction debut. |