Concealed by Christina Diaz Gonzalez

Concealed by Christina Diaz Gonzalez

The 2022 Edgar Award Winner for Best Juvenile Mystery!

What if you had no name, no past, and no home?

Ivette. Joanna. And now: Katrina

Whatever her name is, it won't last long. Katrina doesn't know any of the details about her past, but she does know that she and her parents are part of the Witness Protection Program. Whenever her parents say they have to move on and start over, she takes on a new identity. A new name, a new hair color, a new story.

Until their location leaks and her parents disappear. Forced to embark on a dangerous rescue mission, Katrina and her new friend Parker set out to save her parents--and find out the truth about her secret past and the people that want her family dead.

But every new discovery reveals that Katrina's entire life has been built around secrets covered up with lies and that her parents were actually the ones keeping the biggest secret of all. Katrina must now decide if learning the whole truth is worth the price of losing everything she has ever believed about herself and her family.

Accelerated Reading Level 4.4

Christina Diaz Gonzalez based this moving novel on her parents' lives, as well as the experiences of the more than 14,000 other unaccompanied adolescents who arrived in the United States as part of Operation Pedro Pan. This vast migration of children is a little-known but interesting chapter in history, and Gonzalez has written a compelling drama that vividly brings it to life. Gonzalez worked as a lawyer for a while before returning to her early love of stories and writing. Her debut novel is The Red Umbrella. Christina Diaz Gonzalez, her husband, and their two sons live in Miami, Florida. Visit www.christinagonzalez.com to learn more about her.