First edition.

384 pages ; 22 cm.

Age group Early Adolescents ericd

Ages 12-18. Flatiron Books.

Seventeen-year-old Poppy takes a home DNA test and unravels her parents' identities and their decades of careful work to keep their family anonymous, allowing the past to come dangerously close to catching up to them.

Poppy doesn't know why her family has been running her whole life, but she does know that there are dire consequences if they're ever caught. Still, her curiosity grows each year, as does her desire for real friends and the chance to build on something, instead of leaving behind school projects, teams, and crushes at a moment's notice. When a move to California exposes a crack in her parents' airtight planning, Poppy realizes how fragile her world is. Determined to find out the truth, she mails in a home DNA test. Just as she starts to settle into her new life and even begins opening up to a boy in her math class, the forgotten test results bring her crashing back to reality. Unraveling the shocking truth of her parents' real identities, Poppy realizes that the DNA test has undone decades of careful work to keep her family anonymous--and the past is dangerously close to catching up to them. Determined to protect her family but desperate for more, Poppy must ask: How much of herself does she owe her family? And is it a betrayal to find her own place in the world?

Families -- Juvenile fiction.

Family secrets -- Juvenile fiction.

Fugitives from justice -- Juvenile fiction.

False personation -- Juvenile fiction.

California -- Juvenile fiction.

Families.

Fugitives from justice.

Secrecy.

California.

Young adult fiction.

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Detective and mystery fiction.

9781250786272 (hardcover)

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