Girl, Missing: The top-ten bestselling thriller (Volume 1) - Softcover

McKenzie, Sophie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1471147991 ISBN 13: 9781471147999

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's UK, 2016

Synopsis

What if everything you thought you knew about your life was a lie?

Lauren is adopted and eager to know more about her mysterious past. But when she discovers she may have been snatched from her family as a baby, her whole life suddenly feels like a sham. Why will no one answer her questions? How can she find her biological parents? And could her adoptive parents really have been responsible for kidnapping her?

Running away from her family to seek out the truth, Lauren's journey takes her deeper and deeper into danger as she realises that someone wants to stop her uncovering what really happened when she was a baby... at any cost...

A nail-biting YA thriller from the bestselling author of Close My Eyes

10 years on from it's first publication, Girl Missing has sold over 150,000 copies in the UK alone. This new edition of the bestseller includes exclusive extra content from Sophie and is a must for fans and readers that are yet to discover this modern classic.

'Page-turning' The Independent
'Will have you gripped for hours' Sunday Express
'Please read this book: it is brilliant!; The Guardian
'Whenever I hear the phrase YA thriller I only ever think of one name - and that's Sophie Mckenzie. Why? Because noboody does it better' Phil Earle, award-winning author
'Sophie's thrillers are brilliant... you can't stop reading' Robert Muchamore, bestselling author
'Brilliantly described, scary and touching' The Daily Mirror

10 YEARS OF AWARDS FOR Girl, Missing
Manchester Children's Book Awards
Bolton Children's Book Award
Soilhill Book Award
Winner of the Sakura Medal
Red House Children's Book Award
Richard and Judy Best Kids' Book
Lewisham Children's Book Award

About this title

Review:

Written with assurance and style, this is page-turning material. (The Independent)

This entertaining book will have you gripped for hours. (Sunday Express)

Excellent – gripping, sympathetic, moving and well-plotted. (The Ultimate Book Guide)

A real page-turner, filled with excitement, mystery, suspense and danger. (Waterstones' Guide to Kids' Books 2008)

A great thriller for 14-plus readers. (Edinburgh Evening News)

Fast-paced and thrilling throughout, Sophie McKenzie’s Girl, Missing is a totally addictive read with an engrossing plot, compelling characters and a delicious romance to boot! I read this in one sitting, and was totally hooked from start to finish! (Daisy Chain Book Reviews)

On the whole, this was a brilliant story and very well thought out... The characters were extremely well written and shined throughout the book... I just can't believe that I haven't ever read a book by Sophie McKenzie before and I will certainly be reading more. (Serendipity Reviews)

About the Author:

Sophie McKenzie was born and brought up in London, where she still lives with her teenage son. She has worked as a journalist and a magazine editor, and now writes full time. Her debut was the multi-award winning Girl, Missing (2006), and she is also the author of Blood Ties and sequel, Blood Ransom, The Medusa Project series, and the Luke and Eve trilogy. She has tallied up numerous award wins and has twice been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's UK
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1471147991
• ISBN 13: 9781471147999
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320