GREETINGS FROM WITNESS PROTECTION!

An ace pickpocket trained by her father (long imprisoned) and her grandmother (now deceased), 13-year-old Nicki Demere has bounced around foster homes for years when two U.S. Marshals offer her everything she longs for: A perfect family.

But there's a catch. “The Trevors” are entering witness protection and will almost certainly be pursued by a dead-eyed killer - if he can find them. Nicki’s job is to become exactly what she has never been - a completely average kid. As Nicki, her new brother and their parents learn how to fit in and love one another, they almost forget to worry about the assassin who is slowly collecting clues to their whereabouts. And Nicki’s past is catching up to her, too.

In the vein of Wendy Mass’s Jeremy Fink and The Meaning of Life, Jude Watson’s Loot, GREETINGS FROM WITNESS PROTECTION is enormous fun - beautifully paced, fully imagined, and written with great warmth and a sharp sense of humor.

Jake Burt is an author of middle grade fiction and a 5th grade teacher. He lives in Connecticut, plays the banjo, and enjoys ultimate frisbee. He has yet to meet a rabbit hole he won't go down.