{"product_id":"greetings-from-witness-protection-9781250179043","title":"Greetings from Witness Protection!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicki Demere is an orphan and a pickpocket. She also happens to be the U.S. Marshals' best bet to keep a family alive. . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Jake Burt is a storytelling magician. Partcoming of age tale and part spy thriller, \u003ci\u003eGreetings from Witness Protection\u003c\/i\u003e could be a collaboration between Judy Blume and Ian Fleming.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--Ann M. Martin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRainReign\u003c\/i\u003e and the Baby-Sitters Club series \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNicki 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJake Burt's debut middle-grade novel \u003ci\u003eGreetings from Witness Protection! \u003c\/i\u003eis as funny as it is poignant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eGreetings from Witness Protection!\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This \u003cb\u003einventive, clever story\u003c\/b\u003e has a lot of heart at its center. Jake Burt's debut is utterly rewarding.\" --Wendy Mass, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of The Candymakers and \u003ci\u003eJeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The biggest complaint that readers may have about Burt's debut novel is that it ends.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"What do you get when you mix a snarky city girl with a shady past and lightning reflexes with a seemingly typical suburban family she's just met? \u003cb\u003eA funny, action-packed novel\u003c\/b\u003e about the trials of school, parental arguments, and sibling rivalry--all with a dash of high-stakes thrills and dramatic showdowns. . . . fans of Ally Carter's 'Gallagher Girls' spy novels and the 'Heist Society' art thief series will relish the action and fast-paced plot as well as the engaging and competent Nicki, whose emotional strength and quick wits carry her through much of the narrative.\" --School Library Journal \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eA fun story showcasing a smart, bold girl \u003c\/b\u003ewho creates for herself a community of similarly good-hearted, high-achieving girlfriends--all while playing by the marshals' rules, building a family, dealing with middle school drama, and wrestling her own demons (kleptomania). For readers who enjoy ordinary-kid-turns-hero stories, Burt's debut novel will be \u003cb\u003ean engaging treat\u003c\/b\u003e.\" --VOYA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJake Burt\u003c\/b\u003e teaches the fifth grade in Connecticut. He lives with his wife and their daughter in Hamden, CT. \u003ci\u003eGreetings from Witness Protection! \u003c\/i\u003eis his fiction debut.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618685325586,"sku":"9781250179043","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c2a1f6b1-db66-474b-b6ca-2d87f29d1cab.jpg?v=1732540004","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/greetings-from-witness-protection-9781250179043","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}