Who Are You?
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
For fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes Who Are You? from four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon.
Kristi Evans and her parents can’t understand why police detectives are telling them that a man named Douglas Merson has been shot. They’ve never heard of him. But it becomes important when they learn that Mr. Merson has kept a secret file on Kristi for her entire life. Suddenly Kristi finds herself investigating who this man is and why he has intruded on her privacy.
When Kristi goes to see Mr. Merson in the hospital, she discovers he is a professional artist; he even offers to help her pursue her own dream of being an artist. Kristi has always wanted someone with whom she could share her passion for art. Her parents not only don’t understand it, they want her to do something more practical. Now this stranger seems to be offering Kristi the piece that has been missing from her life all along, but at what cost to her relationship to her parents? Who is this man who seems too good to be true?
“[A] fast-paced mystery…[that] hook[s] and hold[s] readers until all is resolved at the finish.” –Publishers Weekly
“Appealing characters, an interesting scenario, and a fascinating peek into the big-money art world will keep the pages turning.” –Booklist
“Lots of action and Kristi is a likable heroine…A solid offering for mystery fans.” –School Library Journal
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Edgar-winning author Nixon combines test tube babies, art dealers and forged masterpieces with the usual teen concerns like boyfriends and uncooperative parents to cook up her most recent fast-paced mystery. As the novel opens, 16-year-old Kristi Evans and her parents are puzzled when police show up at the house to inform them that a wealthy man, Douglas Merson, has been shot, and has been keeping a secret file on Kristi. Her parents, both accountants, are concerned but preoccupied (its tax season) and too busy to play private eyeor to notice that their daughters on the case. As she delves into the mystery, Kristi uncovers facts that prompt her to start questioning her past. She wants to be an artist, but her practical parents think its a foolish dream. On the other hand, Mr. Merson, whom she visits while he recovers from the shooting, respects her plans, is a painter himself, and offers to send her to art school. But why his interest in Kristi? Add to that a mysterious connection between Mersons son (under an alias) and Kristis mother, and the ingredients are here to hook and hold readers until all is resolved at the finish. Ages 12-up.
