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Kids just can't get enough of Martin's books, and they won't want to put down this superbly crafted mystery about a girl's little sister who disappears without a clue. Here, Martin realistically addresses important issues facing every child in contemporary society. Tense, gripping fare right up to the finale.--Pubishers Weekly.
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Grade 6-9 Tenth-grade Maggie and her older brother Mike are in charge of their half-sister Courtenay while their dad and their stepmother take a long-postponed honeymoon. To their horror, four-year-old Courtenay fails to return home from preschool, and it doesn't take long for them to realize that she's the victim of kidnappingor worse. The book chronicles what happens, including the involvement of police, other agencies, and private individuals as they assemble around the grief-stricken family to help them deal with the situation and to put into effect the mechanisms to search for the missing child. There's a great deal of information concerning how a missing child search works; in fact, occasionally the weight of the information intrudes upon the novel. Despite that, however, the suspense builds steadily throughout, as readers try to determine not only what has happened to Courtenay and at whose hands, but also who is making harassing and suggestive phone calls to Maggie. One of the solutions is fairly predictable, but the other comes as a real surprise. Middle school readers, including reluctant ones, will really care what happens to Courtenay and her family. Susan F. Marcus, Pollard Middle School , Needham, Mass.
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Review
Maggie and her older brother are finally entrusted with the safety of their little half-sister when their father and stepmother celebrate a long-delayed honeymoon. Now Courtenay is missing and the entire family becomes embroiled in a desperate search which reveals long-standing deceptions, resentments, and the possible involvement of past families. Martin creates an involving drama with plenty of tension. -- Midwest Book Review
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