Monday, October 31, 2011

Zach's Lie

I am reading "Zach's Lie" by Roland Smith to my students now.  This is one of my favorite stories.

Jack Osborne was a pretty average kid - was, that is, until the night masked men break into his house, threaten his family, and ransack their home. Why? As it turns out, the small airline that Jack's dad owns is actually a front for illegal drug trafficking. Now Jack's dad has been arrested, and his "business associates" want to make sure he doesn't talk. The only way to safety for Jack, his mother, and his sister is the Witness Security Program, which means that Jack Osborne from Texas will now be Zach Granger from Nevada - and no one can ever know the truth about their real identities and former lives. In Elko, Nevada, Zach starts middle school where he meets Sam, a custodian with secrets of his own, and Caitlin, a girl who might make Zach's new life worth the trouble. But just as Zach finally begins to put the pieces of his life back together, he finds himself in danger - and what he does now could mean life or death for everyone he cares about most.

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