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Fake ID (Hunted)

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Chastity Pureheart is a girl without a past. Everything about her is a fabrication, including her name. Along with her mother, Chass has spent as long as she can remember moving from one place to another with only a moments notice. She has her routine down pat--suitcase packed and ready to go at the front door at all times, hop in the quiet car and drive to where her mother has pointed to with her eyes closed on the map, stop at a library to draw a book of the shelves and choose a new name.

Chass has no idea why her and her mother are on the run. Her mother has never said a word about who her father is, or what she did before the running started, or why she hates music so passionately. All Chass knows is that they've been in High Hopes, Alabama, for three years now, and their lives are as normal as they've ever been. That is, normal until her best friend, Ben, buys her a guitar for her sixteenth birthday, and things go downhill fast.

First, Chass has to admit to her mother her love--no, obsession--with playing music, writing music, and singing. She knows it hurts her mother; after all, this is the same lady who doesn't even turn on the radio in the car when they're driving. But Chass can't hold her love of music in any longer, and her mother storms out of the house in a huff--and disappears off the face of the earth.

Suddenly, everyone is looking into the life of Chastity Pureheart and her mother a little too closely. For too people who have spent years avoiding public scrutiny, their lives are now under a microscope. She has a police chief treating her like a criminal, the parents of her best friend accusing her of all sort of mischief, and a mother that she's determined to find.

FAKE I.D. is a great mystery for all ages. Filled with action-adventure, a very believable mystery, and lots of thrilling twists and turns, you'll find yourself immersed in the life and times of Chass and her mother--and the reason for their life on the run.

On one hand, this was a great book! I love this genre and I couldn't put the book down! A true page turner! An easy and fast read!! I imagine everyone who loves mysteries would enjoy reading this book! Creative and original!

However, there were unfortunate distractions that totally undid the enjoyability. I've never read a book with so many flaws in continuity and character. For example, the lead character, a budding musician, distinctly has to leave her prized guitar behind in a car used to kidnap her. Yet, her guitar is with her when next she needs it. Impossible. Then, in one paragraph, she is riding in a convertible Mustang and on the same page, just a couple of paragraphs later, the same Mustang is said to have a "sun roof." Again, impossible. In another section, a teacher tackles the lead character in the school library in order to get her to turn off her cell phone. That is implausible. Besides these and other obvious flaws, all characters except the lead are stereotypical, totally predictable, and one dimensional.

At the end of the book, the bad guys survive what should have killed them. This felt like a weak, obvious gimmick to get a second book going for the character where she must face these bad guys again. Why?

I don't know whether these are problems because the author has a poor editor, or because the author is cranking out books too fast to stay on top and keep the plot details tight and consistant. [On his Web site, the author says that he wrote 4 or maybe 5 books last year...he can't really remember which because he's writing so much he can't keep track.] The author obviously CAN concoct a GREAT plot (an EXCELLENT plot) and tell a great story (an AWESOME story) that keeps readers' attention. There is no excuse for the flaws.

I picked this book up on a whim and was extremely pleased. While a little slow in parts, it picked up and was worth the money. Chass is likeable, funny, and quite brave in the way only teens can be. And, although she makes stupid mistakes, she fixes them as best she can and ends up even better.

While the story was kind of unrealistic, it was hilarious, smart, and action-filled. And, thankfully, while it says "Book 1" it didn't leave huge gaps in the story or have a lot of loose strings at the end.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone.

I loved this. It was fast-paced, suspenseful, and really interesting. You just want to know what happens next! I was so shocked, and yet strangely it felt like it was so obvious all along. I cannot wait to read the sequal!!! This was really exciting.

This book is about a girl named Chasity Pureheart who has been on the run for as long as she can remember. Every time she moves to a new town, she picks the first girl name out of a book in the library. She's finally settled into her town when unexpectedly, her mother runs away on her 16th birthday. Now Chass has 6 days to uncover her past and find out her real name... and discovers a murder on the way.

I love to read. I got this book and scarfed it down in 2 days flat reading for periods of 3 hours at a time. This is probably the best book I've ever read!!!

The book Fake ID by Walter Sorrells is a great book about a teenage girl who's mom suddenly goes missing on her sixteenth birthday. She now has to find her mother; find out why they were always running and moving to different cities. The city that Chastity and her mother now are living in is High Hopes, Alabama.. Her and her mother change there ID's like they do whenever they move to a different city. Chastity, if that is even her real name asks her mom who her dad is, why they are always moving and why she can never listen to music and sing songs like she loves to do. There is all these questions and Chastity can't find any answers until her mom goes missing and she will have to figure out everything in order to find her mother. This is a very mysterious book that is non linear that will make you think and want to keep reading.
I think Fake ID was a really good quick reading book that always made you wonder what was going to happen next. I like mystery books like this one because it is fun to read. I am a person that likes to read but I don't read a lot because I have to find a book that I'm interested in. I like books that can kinda be realistic and have to do with someone my age; that I can relate to. I thought this book was awesome.
Chastity is the main character of the book. She is a young sixteen year old girl who just wants to stay and make friends at her high school. Her mother which you will find a lot about in the middle of the book kept a lot of secrets from her daughter. They are really close and in the book Chastity knows that her mom didn't die and she has to find her before she has to go live somewhere else.
Ben which is another character in the book is Chastity's closest friend for a long time and will help Chastity throughout the book. He is a really nice guy and is there for her when her mother goes missing. Rachel which is another character in the book is a popular cheerleader at school who Chastity doesn't like that much. Though she doesn't like her she also ends up helping Chastity find her mother,.
In this story you learn that when someone you love goes missing that you will do anything in world to find them. It's sad when you lose someone but you are so happy when you get them back. When your parents don't want you to do something or don't want to talk about something they have a reason for it. Like Chastity says in the book-" Mom is weird about music. Like she won't listen to it. I mean, at all she says music is bad luck." This is how it all starts and you will find out why this is so important when you read the book Fake ID.

The two books in the series are great! Its about this girl and her mom moving from place to place. Read it if you a fan of suspenfull mysteries. Trust me and a bunch of other readers: THIS BOOKS ROCKS.

this book will just throw you away. its about a 16 year old girl and her mother who has been on the run for as long as she can remember. when the mother turns up missing the girl(who's choose the name 'chass' pureheart) sets off on a waky advencher to find her with her best friend ben and chearleader brittiny. on the way she finds unecpected twists and finds out who she really is. if you like books that just screams mystrey you have to read this.

The book I read was Fake I.D. by Walter Sorrells. This book is about a teenage girl who had been on the run from something since she was a baby. She has been on the run so long and has changed her name so many times she didn't even know her real name. Her new name this time is Chastity Pureheart. One night when Chastity and her mom get in a fight her mom leaves and she disappears. Later Chastity finds out her mom has a huge secret about her past and it is catching up to her. Chastity is now being chased by some people who want a tape and she has no clue what they are talking about. Chastity ends up deserting her two best friends and their parents. Can Chastity find a way out of this mess and save her friendships? Read the book Fake I.D. to find out.
This was one of the best books I have ever read. Once I started reading, I couldn't put the book down. This book makes you feel like you are right there and this is happening to you. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a great mystery or adventure book or to someone who loves a book and cannot stop reading.

This book would be good for someone who loves mysteries!
It is very upbeat! When I started reading this book I could never put it down! In some parts it can get a little scary, but this author has very good discription and it is very easy to read and understand!
This book would be very good for young adults!
Check at your local library for this book!
It is great!