Her father, who works for the FBI, has been testifying against his boss in a drug smuggling case involving an airline; someone shot at him in the courtroom that day.

They are given new names as aliases and relocated to a small Florida town, in which they are advised to remain as anonymous as possible.

On the plane trip to Florida, April is seated next to a girl about 13 years old, who is traveling to spend the summer with her father and his new wife.

The family lands in Florida and make their way to their new home, a run down house in an isolated part of town.

Bored and lonely, April takes a walk to the local school, where she sees a boy and a girl her own age, cousins Larry and Kim, playing tennis.

They meet for daily tennis and it becomes clear that Larry has romantic feelings for April, which she does not reciprocate.

Lonelier than ever, and hurting from the discovery that Steve and her former best friend are dating, makes April even more determined to return to her old life.

She sets out to do so by flying back to Norwood with the intention of living with her maternal grandmother until she starts college.

Upon arriving, she discovers that her grandmother has been the target of threats and attacks from Mike Vamp, a hitman trying to locate the Corrigans.

She agrees to immediately return to Florida, and her grandmother decides that she will go with her and join the family in hiding.

April's father suggests that instead the FBI can fake his death, and the rest of the family can resume their own lives.

The film was directed by David Winning and stars Patrick Duffy, Pam Dawber and Dominic Raake.

[citation needed] The book is based on Lois Duncan's daughter Kaitlyn Arquette's personality.

Arquette was shot to death shortly after the book was published while riding home from her friend's house.

[5] Like the main character of the novel, Kaitlyn was chased by a hired gunman that resembled the killer that was on the cover of a paperback version.