Someone Was Watching - Hardcover

Patneaude, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807575313 ISBN 13: 9780807575314

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 1993

Synopsis

When his baby sister disappears from the river near their summer home, eighth grader Chris fights the assumption that she has drowned and uncovers evidence that something entirely different has happened to her.

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Review:

In one fleeting, sickening moment, the Bartons' precious 3-year-old girl, Molly, disappears, and judging from the coloring book floating down by the dock, she is lost forever to the river. One evening, about three months after "the Incident," 13-year-old Chris Barton watches the family-vacation video he made in the last hours of Molly's life. Clues in the background--including the appearance of a white ice-cream truck--don't add up, and Chris becomes convinced his sister is still alive. With the help of his best friend, Pat, he sets out to track her down, despite his parents' grief-weary refusal to even consider the possibility that little Molly is anywhere but in the river. What follows is a riveting journey, where the boys are on their own in a heroic, terrifying, nail-biting adventure. The events that unfold in this suspenseful mystery will have kids reading under the covers with a flashlight well into the night. Fans of David Patneaude's Someone Was Watching won't want to miss his other books, The Last Man's Reward and Dark Starry Morning. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson

From the Inside Flap:

When his baby sister disappears from the river near their summer home, eighth grader Chris fights the assumption that she has drowned and sets off on a journey to discover the truth.

About this edition

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0807575313
• ISBN 13: 9780807575314
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 220
• Editor: Mathews Judith
• Illustrator: Micich Paul