He never came home from the school trip . . . Eight-year-old Pepper sees
the world a little differently from most people. One day, during a
school field trip, Pepper is kidnapped by a stranger and driven to rural
Arkansas. The man, who calls himself "Uncle Dan," claims that Pepper's
mother has died and they are to live together from now on--but the boy
isn't convinced. Pepper always found it hard to figure out when people
are lying, but he's absolutely certain his mother is alive, and he's
going to find her.