In March of 2002, just six months after the 9/11 attacks, Kevin is on a vacation bus tour of the Great Salt Lake, Yellowstone National Park, the Tetons, and Mount Rushmore with his grandmother. There is a man on the bus who is acting unusually -- he carries a red duffel bag everywhere he goes and won't let anyone touch it or see what is in it, and to Kevin he looks dark, mysterious and sinister. Kevin enlists another teen on the trip, Geneva, to help him watch Mr. Stavros' every move, and the two decide that he may be a terrorist aiming to blow up Mount Rushmore. This is a easy read which will make you consider how we assume things based on what we think we see and how people look -- and that everything is not always as it appears. 6th grade and up. ( )

Kevin is on a road trip. Then a mysterious guy shows up. Is he a terrorist? ( )