Counterfeit Son - Softcover

Alphin, Elaine Marie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142301477 ISBN 13: 9780142301470

Publisher: Puffin, 2002

Synopsis

Pretending to be the son of a rich family in order to escape his father's life of crime, Cameron Miller faces a difficult choice when he is blackmailed into sharing the family wealth with an evil man. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

Elaine Marie Alphin lives out her dream job of writing for children and young adults, and speaking to them at schools and conferences. She is a winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Mystery (Counterfeit Son), the ForeWard Book of the Year Award for Young Adult Fiction (The Perfect Shot), the Society of Midland Authors Children's Fiction Award and Young Hoosier Book Award (Ghost Soldier, also an Edgar Award nominee), the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award (Dinosaur Hunter), two Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators Magazine Merit Awards, and the Virginia State Reading Association Award (The Ghost Cadet).

Her fiction and nonfiction books for youngsters from beginning readers through teenagers have been selected for Bank Street College lists, TAYSHAS lists, VOYA Top Shelf lists, and 20 Children's Choice state award lists. She has written one book for adults: Creating Characters Kids Will Love. The Alphins live in Bozeman, Montana, and spend time in South Dakota and Wyoming. Get to know Elaine Marie Alphin better at her website: www.elainemariealphin.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0142301477
• ISBN 13: 9780142301470
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 180