Alienated

By Christina Diaz Gonzalez

Can a regular kid find a dangerous spy hiding in his own town? A humorous and suspenseful middle novel from Christina Diaz Gonzalez, author of Edgar Award-winner Concealed and the bestselling graphic novel Invisible.

Eleven-year-old Alex Zarrutia has always worked at his family's UFO themed mini-golf park, where the fact that he has to dress up as an astronaut for the park's nightly light show gets him made fun of by his classmates. Even so, Alex is devastated when he learns that his family might be moving--away from his best friend and the only home he's ever known--and the struggling golf park is the reason.

As Alex and his best friend Nora try to come up with ways to save his family's business, they overhear a retired army Colonel talking about how he suspects there are spies in the area: Whoever finds them will receive a cash reward. What luck Alex and Nora are sure that if they find the spies and get the cash, they might be able to save the mini-golf park...

But the secrets go deeper than they could ever imagine.

This book is perfect for fans of James Ponti, Stuart Gibbs, and Gordon Korman.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1546173498
• ISBN13: 9781546173496
• Release Date: March 2027
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7