No Way Home
No Way Home
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Annotation: "When seventeen-year-old Tess Alessandro's dream exchange program in Italy turns into a nightmare, can she find a way to outwit her criminal host family before she and her parents end up dead?"-- cProvided by publisher.
Genre: [Suspense fiction]
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #6740009
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
Copyright Date: 2022
Edition Date: 2022 Release Date: 08/02/22
Pages: 342 pages
ISBN: 1-7282-5426-4
ISBN 13: 978-1-7282-5426-5
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2021062069
Dimensions: 21 cm
Language: English
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School Library Journal (Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 CDT 2022)

Gr 8 Up— Tess Alessandro is embarking on the journey of a lifetime: a high school exchange program in Italy. She is thrilled to spend six weeks in Rome, eating delicious food, soaking up history, art, and culture, and getting to know the land her grandfather left so many years ago. But the morning her program starts, she wakes up to discover that her host family is holding her parents back home in America hostage, with the Italian teen she exchanged places with threatening to kill them if Tess does not follow all of their instructions, starting with stealing from a stranger's home. Bewildered and with no other options, Tess becomes an unwilling accomplice to increasingly dangerous criminal pursuits. As she begins to uncover why her host family is determined to use her, what will she learn about her own family's past? This pulse-pounding thriller will have readers on the edge of their seats until the last page. Teens will love zipping through Rome alongside Tess and her friends as they try to solve the puzzle her ancestors have left before the rest of her feuding family can. Tess is a smart and capable main character, and the novel's ending leaves open the possibility of a sequel or series. VERDICT An excellent choice for any young adult collection, this is also appropriate for mature middle school readers. Fans of mystery/thrillers with puzzles, such as Jennifer Lynn Barnes's The Inheritance Games , will devour this book.— Chelsey Masterson

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School Library Journal (Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 CDT 2022)
Reading Level: 5.0
Interest Level: 9-12

In this propulsive new thriller, a dream summer in Italy turns into a harrowing ordeal for an American exchange student. Tess Alessandro is living a dream: she was selected for an incredible exchange program in Rome, where she's spending the summer taking in the beautiful sights and sounds and tastes of Italy. Her Italian counterpart, Sofia, is staying with Tess's family while she's away. Sure, her host parents barely speak English, but they seem cool enough. Until that morning when Tess's hosts make her join their video chat. Sofia is standing over Tess's sleeping parents, and she's brandishing a knife. "Do everything we say, or they will die." Tess is suddenly forced to complete a series of crimes without her passport, cash, credit cards, or privacy. Somehow, she must find a way to uncover their shocking plan and outwit these criminals before she--and her family--end up dead.


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