Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Children's Literature
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
Winner of the 2004 Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List
When fifteen-year-old Mick Nichols discovers a secret about his stepmother, he comes obsessed with uncovering the truth. But before he can get to the bottom of it, Mick is confronted by a series of strange robberies and a close friend with a dark secret of her own. As he seeks out answers, Mick realizes that all of his problems are zipped up together-and he may have to go to drastic lengths to untangle them.
"The McNeals spin a wonderfully rich story."-Kirkus Reviews
"A well-honed novel. . . . Readers will be sucked in."-Publishers Weekly
