Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received this ebook, free of charge,from Macmillian Childrens Publishing group, via Netgalley, for review purposes on this blog. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it, all opinions are my own.
Looking for a way to get your tweens and teens reading for FUN, this school year?
THIS is the book!
Synopsis:
Nicki Demere is an orphan and a pickpocket. She also happens to be the U.S. Marshals’ best bet to keep a family alive. . . .
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.
Review:
You just mind find yourself pinching this book from the kid's room and reading it while they're at school (or asleep, as in my case, LOL)! it's a quick read for adults, and a satisfying length for kids, and one that you both will be laughing your way through!
Nikki is as snarky and independent, as all tweens and teens want to be, but underneath is a heart of gold, that is loyal and broken. Both kids and adults will want to be her, or be her best friend! i couldn't help reading it and thinking it's almost an updated version of Annie. In fact there are a few references to it, as the book starts out with Nicki in foster care. No, there's no singing, but there's plenty of modern references, to keep parents on their toes and sending kids off to find the ones they don't know!
Miss Grace adored the book and wanted to know if such a thing really existed (WP yes, kid squad no), and declared she adored Nicki! She finished the book and asked if there was going to be a Book 2 (poor child, she's already figured out that the best books always have sequels! LOL), with more adventures from Nicki! While the book is aimed at the 10-14 yr old crowd, all tweens and teens will enjoy this one! It's hard to believe this is Jake's debut novel! Let's hope it's not his last!
This book comes out next month, so it's perfect for giving as a Fall read!
About the Author:
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.
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