Jamie is a 16-year-old math whiz. Summerlee, his older sister, is in the
grip of a wild phase. Tensions at home run high. When Summerlee wins a
7.5-million-dollar lottery, she cuts all ties with her family. But money
can cause trouble--big trouble. And when Jamie's younger sister Phoebe
is kidnapped for a ransom, the family faces a crisis almost too painful
to bear. Jamie thinks he can use game theory--the strategy of predicting
an opponent's actions--to get Phoebe back. But can he outfox the
kidnapper? Or is he putting his own and his sister's life at risk? An
astute, page-turning novel from a superb storyteller.