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Zach's Lie

by Roland Smith · 2001

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Jack Osborne's life changes forever the night men in masks break into his house, threaten Jack and his family, and ransack their home. Jack then discovers the reason these men have come into their lives-his father has been arrested for drug trafficking.

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Jack, his mother, and his sister are then forced to enter Witness Security Program. Jack becomes "Zach" and moves to Elko, Nevada, a town in the middle of nowhere. There he meets Sam, the strangest school custodian he has ever encountered, and Catalin, a girl who might make Zach's uprooting worth the trouble. But just as Zach finally begins to piece together a new life, he finds himself in danger again-and this time his actions could determine the fates of everyone he cares about.

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adventureadventureMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of this
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childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisidentityidentityMore like thisLess of thissurvivalsurvivalMore like thisLess of thisrelationshipsrelationshipsMore like thisLess of this
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2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisNevadaNevadaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adultchildrensmiddle grade
Length
medium · 224 pages

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