Her discoveries prove risky for her family and her relationships. When Poppy's not being encouraged by her professor to prioritize her STEM future or enjoying her complicated-yet-sweet budding romance with Harry, she's digging into the family history revealed by the DNA test, unwinding dangerous secrets. Poppy's DNA results indicate European heritage Harry's test shows his ancestors came from Jamaica, South India, and Europe. Frustrated by the restrictions of her lifestyle and her parents, who are so secretive Poppy doesn't know who they are let alone who she herself is, she impulsively takes a DNA test to unveil details about her ancestry her classmate Harry, whose tech tycoon father is obsessed with secrecy, takes one, too. Despite her natural abilities and love for the subject matter, it's a tough wake-up call to be in a class with extremely privileged kids who've had much better educational opportunities. When her parents suddenly move them again, this time to California, mathematically gifted Poppy gets to sign up for an intense summer STEM program. All she has is her mom, dad, and younger sister. Seventeen-year-old Poppy has lived her entire life knowing her family could need to pack up and vanish at a moment's notice. JanuA teen tries to unravel her parents' secrets, truths that force the family to live on the run. Determined to protect her family but desperate for more, Poppy must ask: How much of herself does she owe her family? And is it a betrayal to find her own place in the world? Unraveling the shocking truth of her parents' real identities, Poppy realizes that the DNA test has undone decades of careful work to keep her family anonymous-and the past is dangerously close to catching up to them. Just as she starts to settle into her new life and even begins opening up to a boy in her math class, the forgotten test results bring her crashing back to reality. Determined to find out the truth, she mails in a home DNA test. When a move to California exposes a crack in her parents' airtight planning, Poppy realizes how fragile her world is. Still, her curiosity grows each year, as does her desire for real friends and the chance to build on something, instead of leaving behind school projects, teams, and crushes at a moment's notice. Poppy doesn't know why her family has been running her whole life, but she does know that there are dire consequences if they're ever caught. We wish we could tell you who we are, but we can't. Keeping our family together is everything.ĥ. If you sense anything is wrong, go immediately to the meeting spot.Ĥ. The Winslow family lives by five principles:ģ. Marit Weisenberg's This Golden State follows a family on the run, a restless teenage daughter hungry for the truth, and the simple DNA test that threatens their carefully crafted world
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