num_pages: 224
description: Jack Osborne's life changes forever the night men in masks break into his house, threaten Jack and his family, and ransack their home. Jack then discovers the reason these men have come into their lives-his father has been arrested for drug trafficking.Jack, his mother, and his sister are then forced to enter Witness Security Program. Jack becomes "Zach" and moves to Elko, Nevada, a town in the middle of nowhere. There he meets Sam, the strangest school custodian he has ever encountered, and Catalin, a girl who might make Zach's uprooting worth the trouble. But just as Zach finally begins to piece together a new life, he finds himself in danger again-and this time his actions could determine the fates of everyone he cares about.
language: English
title: Zach's Lie
titlecomplete: Zach's Lie (Zach's Lie, #1)
genres: Adventure, Mystery, Childrens, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Suspense, School, Thriller, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 4957
places: Elko, Nevada
series: Zach's Lie
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Flicker Tale Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award
publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers