The Truth Trap

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  • Winner
  • of
  • the
  • California
  • Young
  • Reader
  • Medal
  • in
  • the
  • high
  • school
  • category
  • and
  • an
  • ALA
  • Best
  • Book
  • of
  • the
  • Year.Following
  • the
  • death
  • of
  • his
  • parents
  • in
  • a
  • car
  • accident,
  • fifteen-year-old
  • Matt
  • McKendrick
  • runs
  • away
  • from
  • his
  • hometown
  • with
  • his
  • small,
  • deaf
  • sister,
  • Katie,
  • to
  • prevent
  • her
  • from
  • being
  • placed
  • in
  • an
  • institution.
  • Reaching
  • Los
  • Angeles
  • exhausted
  • and
  • hungry,
  • they
  • take
  • refuge
  • in
  • an
  • abandoned
  • theater.
  • When
  • Matt
  • returns
  • to
  • the
  • theater
  • after
  • an
  • unsuccessful
  • day
  • hunting
  • for
  • work,
  • he
  • finds
  • Katie
  • gone
  • and
  • the
  • police
  • waiting
  • to
  • accuse
  • him
  • of
  • murder.
  • Alone
  • in
  • a
  • city
  • of
  • strangers,
  • Matt
  • sets
  • out
  • on
  • a
  • desperate
  • quest—fighting
  • suspicion,
  • hatred,
  • and
  • his
  • own
  • unbearable
  • remorse
  • and
  • self-doubt—to
  • prove
  • to
  • himself
  • and
  • to
  • the
  • Homicide
  • detective
  • who
  • despises
  • him
  • that
  • he
  • is
  • who
  • he
  • says
  • he
  • is.The
  • Truth
  • Trap
  • is
  • the
  • first
  • book
  • in
  • the series.
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