I look at the clock: 4:23 a.m. In approximately three hours I have to
wake up again to go to school, and I haven't even gone to sleep yet. How
can I possibly care about pop quizzes, bad hair days, and beauty
makeovers now that I've found a major clue to the true identity of my
missing father?
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IDENTIFYING DATA
Subject: Portia Avatar -- Girl Psychoanalytic Detective
Background material: Twelve years old. Lives with earth mom, Indigo, and
gray-and-white cat (who thinks he's a dog) named Frederick. To date,
Portia does not know the whereabouts of her mysterious father, Patch.
Recent developments: An earthquake shakes up Portia's sleepy hometown of
Palmville, California. A photograph of Patch is uncovered. Portia's
life, as she knows it, is about to change forever.