Books with title Missing Girl

It's 1967, and Manhattan is full of "missing girls"-runaways looking for freedom. In nearby Queens, Carrie Schmidt feels like she's missing, too-missing from her own life. Ever since her mother died four years ago, it's as if she's been sleepwalking. Then Carrie meets Mona, who knows the secret of "lucid dreaming," being awake inside your dreams. Their friendship is Carrie's chance to find her mother-and wake up to her future.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a new romantic thriller that will leave fans trembling for more. The only thing Winter Crane likes about Reeve's End is that soon she'll leave it. Like her best friend did. Like her sister did. Like most of the teens born in town have done. There's nothing for them there but abandoned mines and empty futures. They're better off taking a chance elsewhere. The only thing Winter will miss is the woods. Her only refuge. At least it was. Until the day she found Lennon left for dead, bleeding in a tree. But now Lennon is gone too. And he has Winter questioning what she once thought was true. What if nobody left at all? What if they're all missing? "Like Stephen King, who manages an under-the-covers, flashlight-in-face kind of storytelling without sounding ridiculous, Armstrong not only writes interesting page-turners, she has also achieved that unlikely goal, what all writers strive for: a genre of her own." —The Walrus

Hen is eleven and on the runSomething bad happened to Mum at Easter and now she's gone, she's missing. That's when things go wrong: when something important's missing.Dad knows what's happened, or he's got a good idea, and now that's why he and Hen are running, before they go missing, too.Missing joins Hen and Dad as they're running to escape Mum's fate just as they can run no further, and danger is catching up. It's about hiding in museums and building sites, ditches and canals, and hoping that the hideous rasping breathing you can hear will walk on by.It's about looking behind the everyday world and seeing what goes on beneath.Missing is the first episode in the Auriga*Command series; it's Hen's first steps in solving the mystery of what happened to Mum, and to fixing it.Can I read Missing?Missing is for anyone aged nine and above who likes mysteries, adventures and righting wrongs. It's the things that scare and amaze us all, written for real. There are worse and more wonderful things in the world than wizards and master criminals and they live next door.Missing starts a journey that will take you everywhere.Who is Hen?Hen is everyone and anyone. Hen could be you.

Burma was wild and exotic, with a rich landscape and tempestuous weather. Frank was quickly introduced to the world of rubies abounding in the country, especially the very expensive “Pigeon blood ruby.” However, this beautiful and distant world had a dark side; its villagers were poor, uneducated, and the victims of slave and prostitution ring leaders. While being initiated to the world of weapons and rubies trade, Frank met with a young and very intelligent boy by the name of Phirrot. The boy, who spoke very little English, opened the doors to a culture Frank was dying to discover. But shortly after their meeting, the only Burmese friend Frank had was snatched one night while his village was being burned down. Grabbing the only opportunity, he had to chase after Alex; Frank, with the help of a few willing monks, went on a mission to rescue Phirrot. After a first failed attempt, Frank met with the beautiful Paula (an international investigator for child abuse) and together they were able to rescue the stolen children. Soon after, he was faced by Khun Sa himself who tried to make an example out of Frank by executing the monks who offered to help him. While running away from the general, Frank faced another great challenge; the powerful monsoon rains, which literally drowned him and the kids he was trying to save. The challenges confronting him, forced Frank to face his real enemies buried inside his soul; rooting from his own devastated childhood, with an abusive father who did nothing but bring him down. Frank finally understood that his dedication to saving Phirrot was actually an indirect attempt at saving himself. Fortunately, Frank survived and was approached by Paula’s group who trained and sent him to Brazil where he was about to face the evil men operating the shameful trade. In order to infiltrate the international ring, Frank had to pose as a customer preying on the very same kids he was trying to save. His mission will take him to a “Kill scene” where Frank only had seconds to save two children from a tragic end. The ringleaders now captured, Frank returned to his daughters with the great feeling of having found redemption.

Eleven-year-old Jonas and his older brother Dan are plunged from their carefree life beside the North Devon beaches into a frightening kidnap situation. How will they cope with terrifying events beyond their control?Thanks to their father's example the boys have learned that God is not a magic wand to wave when things go badly wrong, nor is he just a fair-weather friend. Jonas and Dan are thankful they already know Him when they find themselves in trouble. A Christian adventure story for 9-14 year-olds.