Missing Girls

by Lois Metzger

Book Overview

Carrie Schmidt is a missing girl. It s the summer of 1967, and the newspapers are full of stories about missing girls teenagers who run away, looking for freedom and thrills in New York City. Carrie... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141310863
• ISBN13: 9780141310862
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.4" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

Very Moving

I did enjoy reading Missing Girls a lot. Carrie reminded me of my best friend & Mona of me. just by the way they act & their family. I was interrested in lucid dreaming just like Carrie. I don't think it ever happened to me...not that i recall. I liked hearin Mutti's stories of the war. What made me happy, yet sad was that Carrie does look like her mom, when she was younger. Carrie is very surprised to also find out her mom, Liesl, was a vey depressed girl at one time, just like Carrie.She does find her place...even though her & Mona are "missing girlz" at least they found each other. Just like I found my bud, T.With each other we can ease our pains & help each other out. Like Mona had said, Carrie wants some1 to come in the pit with her, like Mona. That's how i feel with her. This book was good & it really reminded me of "real" life. If you are interrested in dreams or even the war ou'll like reading Missing Girls. It's good book for any girl or even a guy. Do enjoy!

Sad, sweet book of awakening

The title craftily compares 13 year old Carrie to the real 'missing girls' of the book, a background story of young girls who run from unsatisfying home lives, sometimes to be found dead, sometimes remaining missing. Carrie has symbolically run from her own unsatisfying life, by withdrawing, overeating, and choosing not to relate to her grandmother, who she is living with. Her grandmother, a survivor of the haulocaust, has her own demons.When Carrie becomes friends with Mona, Carrie experiences a false awakening as she tries to fit into what she perceives as the perfect American family, which is a contrast to her immigrant grandmother who can't seem to get the American way of life. But she learns that appearances can be deceiving, and Mona and Carrie begin a journey to understand their genuine selves. Carrie faces up to fears, comes to terms with her mother's death (four years earlier), and turns a subtle and mostly silent love for her grandmother into a wonderful relationship they both need. There are morals to the story, but the book is decidedly devoid of the sickly sweetness and neat tie-ups that are characteristic of literature for young adults. I highly recommend this book for teenagers and adults alike.

Rating

I just finished this book after it caught my eye @ the library. @ first I didn't think it was gonna be good but I picked it up, it gripped me and I never put it down until it was finished an hour later! I recomend this to all people and it was very well written!

The Missing Girls

I THOUGHT THAT THIS BOOK WAS A GREAT BOOK.I WOULD RECOMMANDTHIS BOOK FOR TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND CHILDREN OVER THE GE OF 14. THEREASON WHY IS BECAUSE THERE CAN BE SOME WORDS THAT HAS HARD WORD THEN THE VOCABULARY CAN BE HARD TO SAY. I LIKED MOST OF THE BOOK.I THINK THAT YOU NEED AN OPEN MIND OR EVEN A STRONG MIND TO READ THIS. WHAT I MEAN IS THAT YOU NEED A MIND THAT YOU CASN SIT THERE SAND READ HOURS AFTER HOURS. AND YOU NEED A MIND THAT CAN READ ABOUT DEATH, GRAVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I WOULD GIVE THIS BOOK 5(*) STARS BUT IT DID NOT RELATE TO ME THAT MUCH SO I GAVE THIS BOOK 4(*) STARS. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER IT IS A GREAT BOOK.!

My absolute fave!

This is about a girl(Carrie)who meets another(Mona). They haveone thing in common-dreams. I like this cuz' it faces the truth aboutmothers who died and mothers who don't care. It also is great forthose who like dreams. Only one thing-I hope there's a sequel!