Missing Person

By Sally Pfoutz

Book Overview

After Carrie's mother disappears, no one, Carrie feels, really wants to find out what happened. Determined to discover the truth, Carrie finds herself caught between a painful past and a harrowing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440151083
• ISBN13: 9781440151088
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

A Mystery You Don't Want to Miss

The Missing Person by Sally Pfoutz is a great mystery about a girl named Carrie Hightower. Carrie has a pretty normal life, but her mother was never the best influence on her, and when Carrie was younger, her mother had been a horrible alcoholic. One day Martha, Carries mom, leaves a note saying that she had gone to the movies, but she never returned. At first, everyone seems to care about Martha's disappearance, but as more and more time goes by Carrie's friends and family start to accept that Martha just decided to up and leave her family. It seems like only Carrie thinks that something bad has happened to her mom. Carrie devotes herself to finding out what happened to Martha with the assistance of her neighbor Allen who obviously knows something about the whereabouts of Martha but is to scared to tell anyone. This book was overall pretty good, but the beginning was a little slow and boring. Towards the end of the book, the plot thinkens and becomes very exciting. I would suggest this book to you if you liked other missing person books like the Face on the Milk Carton.

Missing Without a Trace

The book, Missing Person, is a suspenseful mystery that will keep you at the edge of your seat. Carrie's mom is never around. She's an alcoholic and Carrie's used to have her coming home late. One day, there was a note left by her mom that said she went to the movies. A couple of days later, Carrie starts to get worried. Carrie spends several hours looking for her mother. With the clues that are given and the help of her friends, Carrie will try and find her mother. I liked this book because it's very suspenseful and it describes the feelings of the characters well. Once I picked up the book, I didn't want to put it down until the mystery was solved.