The Missing Girl - Hardcover

Mazer, Norma Fox

3.42

2,686 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0066237769 ISBN 13: 9780066237763

Publisher: Harperteen, 2008

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In Mallory, New York, as five sisters, aged eleven to seventeen, deal with assorted problems, conflicts, fears, and yearnings, a mysterious middle-aged man watches them, fascinated, deciding which one he likes the best. By the author of After the Rain.

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Review:

"Gripping and satisfying.Mazer's strong characterizations and her portrayal of family relationships stand out." -- ALA Booklist (starred review)

Mazer s latest novel would give Alfred Hitchcock a run for his money outstanding. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

The Missing Girl is an urgent, daring, compassionate thriller. Put it down I dare you! -- Tim Wynne-Jones, award-winning author of The Boy in the Burning House.

This well-crafted thriller with mythic undertones...offers readers rewards beyond sensationalism. --School Library Journal (starred review)

A psychological thriller...[that] ends on a hopeful note with a theme of self-empowerment. --KLIATT (starred review)

The story is stunning! It is tender, touching, horrifying . . . and brilliantly executed. The characters leap off the page. -- Marion Dane Bauer, author of the Newbery Honor book On My Honor.

Gripping and satisfying Mazer s strong characterizations and her portrayal of family relationships stand out. --ALA Booklist (starred review)

"The Missing Girl is an urgent, daring, compassionate thriller. Put it down -- I dare you!"----Tim Wynne-Jones, award-winning author of The Boy in the Burning House.

"The story is stunning! It is tender, touching, horrifying . . . and brilliantly executed. The characters leap off the page."----Marion Dane Bauer, author of the Newbery Honor book On My Honor.

"This well-crafted thriller with mythic undertones...offers readers rewards beyond sensationalism."--School Library Journal (starred review)

Synopsis:

This is the story of five sisters. Beauty longs for love. Mim holds a secret tightly. Stevie is tempestuous and impulsive. Fancy talks too much and understands too little. And Autumn, the youngest sister, struggles to discover who she is. None of the Herbert girls is aware of the mild-looking man who has become obsessed with them - until the day one sister doesn't come home.

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