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

Product Details

Catalogue number

8387 in Books and Resources for Secondary Schools 2021

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781471147999

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Childrens Books

Date published

April 7th, 2016

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 3.8; Upper years; 8.0 points

Other details

320 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

Available in these packs

100books
Top 100 Books for Teens Complete Pack (100 books)

usd prices

Price: $1125.20

gbp prices

Price: £776.00
16books
Top 100 Books for Teens Pack C

usd prices

Price: $182.45

gbp prices

Price: £125.84

Author/Illustrator

Sophie McKenzie

Sophie McKenzie was born and brought up in London, where she still lives. She has worked as a journalist and an editor and goes boxing in her spare time. Girl, Missing her debut novel won the Richard and Judy, Red House and Bolton Book Awards. She is the queen of nailbiting, high-octane thrillers like The Medusa Project series.