Concealed
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4.3 • 8 Ratings
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- $5.99
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Publisher Description
The 2022 Edgar Award Winner for Best Juvenline Mystery!
What if you had no name, no past, and no home?
Ivette. Joanna. And now: Katrina
Whatever her name is, it won’t last long. Katrina doesn’t know any of the details about her past, but she does know that she and her parents are part of the Witness Protection Program. Whenever her parents say they have to move on and start over, she takes on a new identity. A new name, a new hair color, a new story.
Until their location leaks and her parents disappear. Forced to embark on a dangerous rescue mission, Katrina and her new friend Parker set out to save her parents—and find out the truth about her secret past and the people that want her family dead.
But every new discovery reveals that Katrina’s entire life has been built around secrets covered up with lies and that her parents were actually the ones keeping the biggest secret of all. Katrina must now decide if learning the whole truth is worth the price of losing everything she has ever believed about herself and her family.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Twelve-year-old Katrina Davis, who is of Cuban descent, inadvertently uncovers a family secret—and the reason her family has been constantly on the run for nearly three years, since her father was involved in "bringing down one of the most notorious drug cartels in North America." Because a car accident wiped all of her memories from before she was 10, life in the witness protection program—changing names, keeping distant, never getting settled—is all Katrina knows, aside from fragmented recollections and overheard conversations between her research scientist parents. But when a photo with Katrina's father in the background gets posted online, she learns about the secrets and lies her parents have been maintaining. She befriends 13-year-old Parker Jimenez, an expert computer hacker of Dominican heritage who is in foster care, and the pair sets off to find the truth about Katrina, her parents, and why they're on the run. Along the way, they must rely on Agent X, the family's witness protection program contact. Though some repetitive explanations hinder the otherwise quick pacing, Katrina's fight for the truth makes for an entertaining read full of twists and intrigue. Ages 8–12.
