Fake Id

By Walter Sorrells

Book Overview

Sixteen-year-old Chastity and her mother have been on the run since Chass was a baby, assuming new identities in every town. She doesn't know why they are running, who her father is, or even her real name. But then on the night of Chass's sixteenth birthday, her mother disappears. The cops find her abandoned car, blood matching her DNA, and a purse containing six ID cards. Chass can't believe her mother is dead; she knows that her mom just had to go on the run again, this time to protect Chass. Chastity has only six days to find her mother before she's put into foster care--but someone else is looking for Chass. Someone deadly.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142407623
• ISBN13: 9780142407622
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.4" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Fake ID

I loved this. It was fast-paced, suspenseful, and really interesting. You just want to know what happens next! I was so shocked, and yet strangely it felt like it was so obvious all along. I cannot wait to read the sequal!!! This was really exciting.

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

Chastity Pureheart is a girl without a past. Everything about her is a fabrication, including her name. Along with her mother, Chass has spent as long as she can remember moving from one place to another with only a moments notice. She has her routine down pat--suitcase packed and ready to go at the front door at all times, hop in the quiet car and drive to where her mother has pointed to with her eyes closed on the map, stop at a library to draw a book of the shelves and choose a new name. Chass has no idea why her and her mother are on the run. Her mother has never said a word about who her father is, or what she did before the running started, or why she hates music so passionately. All Chass knows is that they've been in High Hopes, Alabama, for three years now, and their lives are as normal as they've ever been. That is, normal until her best friend, Ben, buys her a guitar for her sixteenth birthday, and things go downhill fast. First, Chass has to admit to her mother her love--no, obsession--with playing music, writing music, and singing. She knows it hurts her mother; after all, this is the same lady who doesn't even turn on the radio in the car when they're driving. But Chass can't hold her love of music in any longer, and her mother storms out of the house in a huff--and disappears off the face of the earth. Suddenly, everyone is looking into the life of Chastity Pureheart and her mother a little too closely. For too people who have spent years avoiding public scrutiny, their lives are now under a microscope. She has a police chief treating her like a criminal, the parents of her best friend accusing her of all sort of mischief, and a mother that she's determined to find. FAKE I.D. is a great mystery for all ages. Filled with action-adventure, a very believable mystery, and lots of thrilling twists and turns, you'll find yourself immersed in the life and times of Chass and her mother--and the reason for their life on the run.

Windsor Jr. High School - SJ

This book would be good for someone who loves mysteries! It is very upbeat! When I started reading this book I could never put it down! In some parts it can get a little scary, but this author has very good discription and it is very easy to read and understand! This book would be very good for young adults! Check at your local library for this book! It is great!

A GREAT READ!!!

This book is about a girl named Chasity Pureheart who has been on the run for as long as she can remember. Every time she moves to a new town, she picks the first girl name out of a book in the library. She's finally settled into her town when unexpectedly, her mother runs away on her 16th birthday. Now Chass has 6 days to uncover her past and find out her real name... and discovers a murder on the way. I love to read. I got this book and scarfed it down in 2 days flat reading for periods of 3 hours at a time. This is probably the best book I've ever read!!!

Surprisingly Exciting

I picked this book up on a whim and was extremely pleased. While a little slow in parts, it picked up and was worth the money. Chass is likeable, funny, and quite brave in the way only teens can be. And, although she makes stupid mistakes, she fixes them as best she can and ends up even better. While the story was kind of unrealistic, it was hilarious, smart, and action-filled. And, thankfully, while it says "Book 1" it didn't leave huge gaps in the story or have a lot of loose strings at the end. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone.