Lois Duncan (1934–2016)

I am calling this a "coming of age" book because it deals with teens in high school or just graduating learning some hard lessons about life. When two teen boys go missing, the sister of one of them decides she is going to try to find them. It's a somewhat twisty story with a relatively bland ending. The bad guy gets his and the good guy gets to continue on with his life.

After I started reading this edition, I learned that it had been updated to include more modern references such as cell phones and the internet. However, the changes could have been skipped because they were not significant enough details to make the story unrelatable, especially since everyone seemed to have a landline phone in their house.

I also learned that this author wrote I Know What You Did Last Summer. I may have to pick that one up at some point to see if it is better than this book.

All in all this was a quick read to fill time.… (más)

I liked this book - I liked the pacing for the most part, the story was interesting and engaging, and I even liked the way everything wrapped up at the end, but there were just a couple of things that kept it from being a 5 star read for me. First, I think most readers will be able to guess the angle with the mother way, way before the "reveal." And second, I really, really wish that the romance between the main character and the cop had been developed before they went to look for the kidnapped children. That just would have made more sense to me and not made those two characters look quite so jerky for a little while. I mean, they are on a desperate race to find a van full of kidnapped children whose lives may be in danger - one of the kids being the cop's nephew - and they stop to take the time to sort of hook up? How selfishly shallow. Plus it caused a pause in the action that made me roll my eyes. Other than those two things, I really did enjoy the book and happily recommend it to anyone who enjoys YA lit with a little mystery and a hint of the supernatural.… (más)