All she knows is not to use real names, her family means everything, and not to ask her parents any questions, since not knowing the truth protects the family. Gr 8 Up-Seventeen-year-old Poppy doesn't know why she and her family have been living on the run her whole life. Determined to protect her family but desperate for more, Poppy must ask: How much of herself does she owe her family? And is it a betrayal to find her own place in the world? Author Notes Unraveling the shocking truth of her parents' real identities, Poppy realizes that the DNA test has undone decades of careful work to keep her family anonymous-and the past is dangerously close to catching up to them. Just as she starts to settle into her new life and even begins opening up to a boy in her math class, the forgotten test results bring her crashing back to reality. Determined to find out the truth, she mails in a home DNA test. When a move to California exposes a crack in her parents' airtight planning, Poppy realizes how fragile her world is. Still, her curiosity grows each year, as does her desire for real friends and the chance to build on something, instead of leaving behind school projects, teams, and crushes at a moment's notice. Poppy doesn't know why her family has been running her whole life, but she does know that there are dire consequences if they're ever caught. We wish we could tell you who we are, but we can't. Keeping our family together is everything.ĥ. If you sense anything is wrong, go immediately to the meeting spot.Ĥ. The Winslow family lives by five principles:ģ. Marit Weisenberg's This Golden State follows a family on the run, a restless teenage daughter hungry for the truth, and the simple DNA test that threatens their carefully crafted world Determined to protect her family but desperate for more, Poppy must ask: How much of herself does she owe her family? And is it a betrayal to find her own place in the world?

Unravelling the shocking truth of her parents' real identities, Poppy realizes that the DNA test has undone decades of careful work to keep her family anonymous - and the past is dangerously close to catching up to them.

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