Eight-year-old Pepper has always found it hard to figure out when people are lying, but he's certain his mother's alive, and he's going to find her...

One day during a school field trip, Pepper is picked up by a strange man and driven off to rural Arkansas. His kidnapper, 'Uncle Dan', claims that Pepper's mother has died and they are to live together from now on - but the boy isn't convinced.

A charming and thrilling tale of one special little boy's path back home.

'Pepper proves a tenacious, resourceful hero in his own drama. Immensely readable and sweetly told.' - Marti Leimbach, author of 'Daniel Isn't Talking'