A child has been stolen... Jade Henderson is missing, taken from her cot. Stella Parfitt watches the police investigation unfold, and begins to ask her own questions. Where was her mother that night? The woods hold a dark secret...
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By M. Harrison
Format:Paperback
Jade Henderson has been snatched from her bed in the middle of the night. Stella, the teenager who lives next door, watches with mounting unease as news of the toddler's disappearance slowly spreads. Only she knows that her mother lied about her whereabouts on the night the child was taken. But as the police investigation gets underway, Stella is shocked when her mum becomes their prime focus . . . unearthing her involvement in the chilling case of a child that went missing twenty years ago.
As the layers of the past and the present are peeled back intermittently, the truth of the two cases are revealed piece by piece. Similar in its construction to Looking for JJ by the same author, the glimpses into the past are haunting and evocative, making this a compelling read. Anne Cassidy's direct writing style is well-suited to the starkness of the story, echoing its often-featured newspaper cuttings perfectly and capturing the true horror of the circumstances: the not knowing.
Though the story is a topical one, it also opens up more challenging questions about choices; what's truly right and what is wrong (and whose place it is to decide) and presents both sides of an argument convincingly. This is a gritty, bleak, compassionate story that I'd recommend to readers of 12 and upwards.
As the layers of the past and the present are peeled back intermittently, the truth of the two cases are revealed piece by piece. Similar in its construction to Looking for JJ by the same author, the glimpses into the past are haunting and evocative, making this a compelling read. Anne Cassidy's direct writing style is well-suited to the starkness of the story, echoing its often-featured newspaper cuttings perfectly and capturing the true horror of the circumstances: the not knowing.
Though the story is a topical one, it also opens up more challenging questions about choices; what's truly right and what is wrong (and whose place it is to decide) and presents both sides of an argument convincingly. This is a gritty, bleak, compassionate story that I'd recommend to readers of 12 and upwards.
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This book was absolutely fantastic! A tale of the past and the present, each interlocking on a deadly incident years ago. A teenage girl is determined to discover what happened with her mother and a crime when she was a teenager. This book was absolutely great and I would recommend it to 11 and up due to some mild sexual scenes in this book. I hope this review was helpful!
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This book is written for a young adult market, but can easily be read and enjoyed by adult readers. Anne Cassidy tackles a subject that is very topical at the moment, the abduction of a young girl.
The story is told by Stella who is the only child of a single mother, they live in the same street as the missing child. Stella's mother is soon implicated into the disappearance of Jade and secrets from her past are revealed to Stella and haunt both her and her mother.
This book is written with great compassion and whilst it is not sensationalist at all, it is quite shocking and has many a twist and turn along the way.
Anne Cassidy easily explores the relationship between mother and daughter whilst also telling a gripping story which kept me hooked from the start.
An excellent story, that makes the reader think about the different sides to a situation like this, also shows the effect of media intrusion on people's lives.
Highly recommended to both teens and adults and I am eager to read more of her books.
The story is told by Stella who is the only child of a single mother, they live in the same street as the missing child. Stella's mother is soon implicated into the disappearance of Jade and secrets from her past are revealed to Stella and haunt both her and her mother.
This book is written with great compassion and whilst it is not sensationalist at all, it is quite shocking and has many a twist and turn along the way.
Anne Cassidy easily explores the relationship between mother and daughter whilst also telling a gripping story which kept me hooked from the start.
An excellent story, that makes the reader think about the different sides to a situation like this, also shows the effect of media intrusion on people's lives.
Highly recommended to both teens and adults and I am eager to read more of her books.
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