*Much thanks once again to GR friend Jen for introducing me to this author via her reviews.more No silly sugar-coating, it all plays out in a climax that is sort of believably but not gratuitously violent. Along with the drama and humor mix there's also a palpable sense of real danger or suspense here, as hints are dropped that the bad guys are actively searching for the family to permanently silence them.
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Easier said than done, especially with social media!Īuthor Jake Burt - who has now blessed us with three well-written middle grade / YA books in just three years (!) - knows how to craft a story that doesn't talk down to the intended kid-set audience, and is actually appropriate for nearly all ages. However, she still has to be very careful and maintain a low profile, as well. She attends junior high, makes friends, and participates in extracurricular activities. Nicki - re-christened as Charlotte - now gets to experience lots of routine things for the very first time, including having a younger sibling (naturally, they don't get along at all at first). With that, the 'Trevor family' is moved to Durham, North Carolina. It doesn't hurt that Nicki coincidentally (and it's strictly a mere coincidence, not a plot twist) resembles her new mom. To help hide these folks in plain sight - in addition to the usual new identities and a relocation to a different state - the marshal's service deputies decide to add a 'daughter' into the family dynamic as a bit of camouflage. A family of three - mother, father, and twelve year-old son - are being placed into Witness Security (a.k.a WITSEC) after the mother turned federal evidence on her organized crime-related relatives. However, the American government comes unexpectedly calling on Nicki for assistance. She has lived for years in the foster care system. Combined with some psychological issues caused by her family, Nicki developed kleptomania. For a time she was raised by a grandmother who taught her the finer points of pickpocketing / shoplifting. She never knew her birth mother, and her father has spent the last seven years in prison. Nicolette 'Nicki' Demere is not your average thirteen year-old.
Nicki, kid - we're looking for you." - deputy U.S. We're looking for a girl who has dealt with all that stuff and come through still spitting fire and throwing jabs. we're looking for a strong girl, one with your kind of grit, smarts, and skills. For a time she was raised by a grandmother who taught her t ". marshal Eddie Harkness, page 22 Nicolette 'Nicki' Demere is not your average thirteen year-old.
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.more 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. 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. 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. Marshals’ best bet to keep a family alive. Nicki Demere is an orphan and a pickpocket. The marshals are looking for the perfect girl to jo A funny and poignant debut middle-grade novel about a foster-care girl who is placed with a family in the witness protection program, and finds that hiding in plain sight is complicated and dangerous. A funny and poignant debut middle-grade novel about a foster-care girl who is placed with a family in the witness protection program, and finds that hiding in plain sight is complicated and dangerous.
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