CONCEALED

Narrator Rebecca Soler's strong characterizations and deft pacing carry listeners swiftly through Christina Diaz Gonzalez's thrilling middle-grade mystery. Katrina lives off the grid, changing cities, names, and lives every few months so she and her parents won't get caught--but she doesn't know why. When her parents are kidnapped, she has to trust a tech-savvy new friend and a mysterious family contact and rely on her survival skills to save her parents and uncover the truth about her past. Soler's chilling delivery and sizable range enhance the powerful imagery and layered characters in Gonzalez's story, which explores the nature of family, identity, scientific discovery, and selfhood through the lens of high-stakes adventure. K.S.B. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2021]