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Faker

by Gordon Korman Publisher: SCHOLASTIC

A family con—and a son ready to change course

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A family con—and a son ready to change course

Trey’s family has a practiced routine: his father enrolls the children in schools where he can meet wealthy parents, then draws those parents into investment schemes. When the money is collected, the family leaves and begins again. Trey has accepted his father’s assurance that no one is harmed, but the repeated moves mean friendships never last. The conflict rests on a difficult family bind: he wants the lying and running to stop, yet the family depends on the very scheme he hopes to leave behind. The story brings together deception, loyalty, and the cost of a life built around constant reinvention.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Kids ages 9–12 interested in family-centered fiction
  • Readers who enjoy stories about deception, difficult choices, and changing family patterns

Themes

Family loyaltyDeception and honestyFriendship and instabilityBreaking inherited patterns

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Book overview

From the #1 bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a family of liars... and the son who wants to break the family tradition.

 

Trey knows the drill: His dad gets him into a school full of kids with rich parents. Trey makes friends, and his dad makes connections. Soon, there's the con, where Trey's dad suckers the other parents into investing in one of his schemes. Once the money's in the bank, Trey, his sister, and their dad are on the run... until they set up somewhere else and start again.

Trey believes his father when he says no one's getting hurt. After all, these parents have money to spare.

But Trey's starting to get tired of running... and lying... and never having a friend for longer than a few months. But how do you get your family to stop lying when your lives depend on it?

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