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After her father is convicted of embezzlement, Becca Jones, fourteen, and her mother flee Georgia for small-town Ohio but three years later she learns that his misdeeds may have jeopardized not just her future but also her life.

Main Author: Haddix, Margaret Peterson.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2013.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Secrecy > Young adult fiction.
High schools > Young adult fiction.
Schools > Young adult fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Young adult fiction.
Criminals > Young adult fiction.
Ohio > Young adult fiction.
Suspense fiction > Young adult.
Summary: After her father is convicted of embezzlement, Becca Jones, fourteen, and her mother flee Georgia for small-town Ohio but three years later she learns that his misdeeds may have jeopardized not just her future but also her life.
Physical Description: 343 p. ; 22 cm.
Audience: 012 up.
ISBN: 9781442442788 (hbk.)
1442442786 (hbk.)
9781442442795 (pbk.)
1442442794 (pbk.)
9781442442801 (ebk.)
1442442808 (ebk.)
Author Notes: Margaret Peterson Haddix was born in Washington Court House, Ohio on April 9, 1964. She received bachelor's degrees in English/journalism, English/creative writing, and history from Miami University in 1986. Before becoming an author, she was a copy editor for The Journal-Gazette, a newspaper reporter for The Indianapolis News, an instructor at Danville Area Community College, and a freelance writer. Her first book, Running Out of Time, was published in 1995. She has written more than 30 books including Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey, Just Ella, Turnabout, The Girl with 500 Middle Names, Because of Anya, and Into the Gauntlet. She also writes the Shadow Children series and the Missing series. She has won the International Reading Association Children's Book Award and several state Readers' Choice Awards.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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