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\"Fake<\/a>Being the new kid (again) in high school is hard enough, but for Nick Pearson, he also has to get used to a new name and a whole new identity that comes with his latest\u00a0‘fake ID.’ Every time Nick (nope, not his real name) and his parents move, they have to become different people \u2013 because they’re part of\u00a0the Witness Security Program, more commonly known as Witness Protection. This time, the family’s latest move to Stepton, Virginia, is the last chance for Nick’s father who can’t seem to break his criminal ties.<\/p>\n

The most important “maxim” that the family’s federal minders require is for Nick\u00a0to “[s]<\/em>tay low-key<\/em>.” But that proves impossible to do when Nick\u00a0discovers the bloodied corpse of Eli, his\u00a0one sort-of new friend: the police conveniently rule suicide, yet\u00a0Nick is convinced\u00a0he’s witnessed a murder. The dead can’t talk, but Eli’s\u00a0computer \u2013 full of the notes of a Columbia-bound journalist-in-training \u2013 has plenty of ‘whispered’ secrets to reveal. With the help of the Eli’s\u00a0sister, Nick won’t be able to ‘stay low-key’ in this town for long.<\/p>\n

Fast, slick, shocking,\u00a0Lamar Giles<\/a>\u2019\u00a0thriller was deservedly\u00a0nominated for a 2015 Edgar Award in the\u00a0Young Adult category. If you decide to go aural, narrator William Harper has\u00a0just the right creepy timing to raise your\u00a0arm hairs. Besides the body count, Giles intensifies his narrative with (much) more than the usual teenage complications with parents as Nick struggles with questions of trust, unreliable adults, and … while running for his life, finds\u00a0unexpected young love. Nothing like murder to bring out the truth …<\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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