First published 2002
Toswiah Green's world shatters when her police officer father testifies against a colleague. Forced into witness protection, the family becomes the Thomases, strangers in a strange new town. Toswiah, now Evie, struggles to find herself as her father retreats, her mother pours herself into a new church, and her sister plans an escape. With her past erased, Evie must forge a future from the ruins of her former life.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: United States
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
192 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers