Fake ID

FAKE ID by Walter Sorrells
Category: Mystery/Thriller
Age Recommendation: Grades 6+
Release Date: 6/2/05
Publisher: Dutton
Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
Rating: 5 Stars

Chastity Pureheart is a girl without a past. Everything about her is a fabrication, including her name. Along with her mother,
Chass has spent as long as she can remember moving from one place to another with only a moments notice. She has her
routine down pat--suitcase packed and ready to go at the front door at all times, hop in the quiet car and drive to where her
mother has pointed to with her eyes closed on the map, stop at a library to draw a book off the shelves and choose a new
name.

Chass has no idea why she and her mother are on the run. Her mother has never said a word about who her father is, or
what she did before the running started, or why she hates music so passionately. All Chass knows is that they've been in
High Hopes, Alabama, for three years now, and their lives are as normal as they've ever been. That is, normal until her best
friend, Ben, buys her a guitar for her sixteenth birthday, and things go downhill fast.

First, Chass has to admit to her mother her love--no, obsession--with playing music, writing music, and singing. She knows
it hurts her mother; after all, this is the same lady who doesn't even turn on the radio in the car when they're driving. But
Chass can't hold her love of music in any longer, and her mother storms out of the house in a huff--and disappears off the
face of the earth.

Suddenly, everyone is looking into the life of Chastity Pureheart and her mother a little too closely. For two people who
have spent years avoiding public scrutiny, their lives are now under a microscope. She has a police chief treating her like a
criminal, the parents of her best friend accusing her of all sorts of mischief, and a mother that she's determined to find.

FAKE ID is a great mystery for all ages. Filled with action-adventure, a very believable mystery, and lots of thrilling twists
and turns, you'll find yourself immersed in the life and times of Chass and her mother, and the reason for their life on the run.