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364 pp.
| HarperTeen/Geringer |
March, 2009 |
TradeISBN 978-0-06-168648-1$16.99
(3)
YA
The summer before Abby turns thirteen, her ten-year-old sister, Becky, disappears. Abby's parents keep her in the dark about the investigation, even as their family unravels. The book spans two years, between Becky's disappearance and her being found, and Cantor successfully combines mundane elements of life going on with the family's unbearable tension (though the story's ending is rushed).