Sissy's nickname is really important because it's the only thing anchoring her to her past. She and her younger sister, Teeny, have become the M & M girls (Meg & Mary) in their latest transformation for the witness protection program. They have been so often and so suddenly moved that Anna Boyd (Sissy) has learned to keep a go-bag of essentials packed and ready at all times. She records their experiences in her journal. After a make over that involves cutting her long blond hair, a dye job, and contacts that turn her blue eyes brown, she is resigned to staying in the neglected creole house in north Louisiana as she begins her senior year of high school. She first encounters Ethan Landry in the school office her first day. Ethan is to play a prominent role in her future, as will a mysterious, ubiquitous FBI agent. This is a page-turner - very realistic, although somewhat predictable. As is often true of YA novels objectionable language is present.
Gateway Award Preliminary Nominee 2015-16
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