Zach's Lie

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.

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Published: 06/01/2003
ISBN: 9780786814404
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 7.62h x 5.33w x 0.55d
Award: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee
Award: Golden Sower Award - Honor Book
Award: Iowa Teen Award - Nominee
Award: Rhode Island Teen Book Award - Nominee
Award: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award - Winner
Award: Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award - Winner
Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Kliatt 03/01/2004 pg. 22

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 57152 / Zach's Lie
Reading Level: 4.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7