- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Corgi Childrens; New Ed edition (4 Aug 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 055254907X
- ISBN-13: 978-0552549073
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 163,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This is a novel about isolation and friendship but it is also a well-crafted thriller... Its resolution is both tragic and humbling, with clear lessons to learn about the way society sterotypes and punishes those who seek to be different. - Books for Keeps"
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After being the last person to see her friend Abby, Emma sets out to discover the truth behind her mysterious disappearance. A brilliant contemporary tale from the author of the award-winning Child X.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Like Child X, Lee Weatherly's first novel, Missing is a fascinating 'behind the headlines' story. When Emma reads in the paper that her one time friend, Abby, is missing she feels a twinge of guilt. She'd dropped Abby for reasons which felt right at the time. When she realises that she was one of the last people to see Abby before she disappeared, Emma's guilt intensifies. She feels compelled to help find her - but the quest for Abby becomes more terrifying than Dungeons and Dragons, or any of the fighting fantasy games she used to play with her friend. Now she is fighting - for Abby's life and her own self respect.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read a lot of children's books and to be honest quite often don't even finish modern ones. There are plenty of books that are designed plainly to fit a particular reading niche, and usually these are adequate but predictable. Then there are children's books that are okay - they follow a pretty much linear plot with pretty much predictably behaving characters. But what you don't get too much of these days are books that are carefully and intelligently put together, where the characters and the plot fit so tightly that the reader can relax knowing they're in the hands of someone who knows what she's doing. Don't get me wrong - this book is not a heavy or 'worthy' read: it's absolutely gripping. But what works so well is that the development of the narrator is totally tied in with the development of the plot, i.e. one affects the other, so you are kept reading, keen to find out what's going to happen next. And you're also kept guessing about the fate of the missing Abby until the very end.
Also what's good about this book is that very profound questions about identity are raised - who we really are and who we may be trying to pretend to be in order to impress others - but always within the flow of the story, never as author-preaching.
Lee Weatherly's first book, Child X, was very good too, but this is even better. It's very heartening to see that there are still writers around who are set on improving their writing as opposed to just repeating earlier successes.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have read three different drafts of this book as lee weatherly involved me and some of my friends in the writing process and seeing how she achieved the wonderful finished product shows how much work needs to go into something like this. The story line is one that is close to the hearts of many people as there have been many child abductions and the subject is still quite sensitive. Lee Weatherly manages to deal with it in style and you really end up empathasizing with Emma and Abby because of their lost relationship which needn't have ended. This book is packed full of heart rending moments and brimming with pathos. I know the front cover is a girly one, and i don't think that does it justice because i read it without a cover at all and it think that both male and female audiences should read this. Well done Lee on another fantastic book
PS. Child X was stunning too
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Wish i could erase a part of my memory and experience it again
I can't reccomend this book enough, it's filled with suspense and the characters are well developed and real. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Tabbie Walton Lane
Lee Weatherly is a gem of a writer, yet to be discovered
I read this after finishing Child X, Lee Weatherly's other behind-the-news novel and I am flabbergasted that I have heard such little fuss about this talented writer. Read more
Published on 30 Sep 2008 by Candy Gourlay
Missing Abby...An Amazing Book
This book was absoulutly AMAZING. The plot was so clever bringing fantasy games to real life.
Emma had problems at her old school and started again in a new school with a new... Read more
Emma had problems at her old school and started again in a new school with a new... Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2008 by Midnight
Gripping and insightful to the end
As another reviewer has said, this book is more than just a well put together plot with good characters. The central character, Emma, has a 'history' with Abby. Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2007 by Children's writer
A Must Read
I read this book and found it so gripping that I could not put it down. It made me cry and I really enjoyed it!
The author has made this book a really good read. Read more
The author has made this book a really good read. Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2004 by "xk1m1x"
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