![]() ![]() Burt nimbly balances the very real danger the family is in with new family/new town hijinks that keep the story light Charlotte's banter with her new "brother" is spot-on funny, and the nail-biter of a climax doesn't disappoint. government ordered me not to be that cool' "), and despite her propensity to pick people's pockets when she's nervous, her eagerness to love (and be loved) and her unabashed bluntness make her endearing from page one. 368 pages 978-1250107114 Ages 10-14 New York City kid Nicki has been in foster care since the death of her grandmother, who taught her how to be a pickpocket. ![]() Nicki/Charlotte is caustically charming ("I wondered how much pressure you could lift off new kids at a school if they could say Sorry, I'd try harder, but the U.S. Jake Burt's debut middle-grade novel Greetings from Witness Protection is as funny as it is poignant.-from the publisher. As daughter Charlotte, she'll help them fly under the radar in North Carolina. marshals to join a family in the Witness Protection Program that is hiding from one of the deadliest crime organizations in the country. ![]() Sassy, snarky Nicki Demere a 13-year-old foster kid with a big heart and the quick hands of a seasoned thief is commissioned by the U.S. Greetings From Witness Protection is currently or has been on the Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Tennessee state award lists and contains 25 thought-provoking multiple choice questions plus two Bonus questions. The biggest complaint that readers may have about Burt's debut novel is that it ends. ![]()
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