For a time, these were the hottest books in the library, so I had to see what the excitement was about! This is a terrific series for boys and girls who want adventure and heart-stopping action, and it begins on page 1 (or page 185, as the book counts the pages down rather than up). On December 31st, 15 year-old Callum has a bedraggled stranger overtake him on the street and plead with him to go into hiding for a year, telling him "they" had killed his father (who had died of a mysterious virus some months before), and would soon kill him -- this just before the stranger himself was overtaken and dragged away by more mysterious people. Cal wonders, but doesn't think much of it. But later that night -- on New Years Eve -- the trouble starts. Cal and his uncle nearly drown as their boat is sabotaged, and Cal's life preserver fails. His uncle acts strangely, steals his mail, Cal is kidnapped, framed for the attempted murder of his beloved sister and said uncle, and by January 10th, he is a hunted fugitive. The book ends on January 31st with Cal facing certain death, but as there 12 more books in the series (one for each month of the year, plus a title called "Revenge") I'm hoping our hero will live to see another month.
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