Five sisters are stalked by a middle-aged predator-who watches them and tries to pick his favorite. Then the unthinkable happens. Newbery Honor author Norma Fox Mazer is at her best with this haunting psychological thriller.
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- HarperTeen/MI
- Carton Qty: 60
- Selling Territory: USCOM
- 20,000
- LC: 2007009136
- PUBLISHING HISTORY
- 9780066237763
- Subsidiary Rights: UK/Trans/Dramatic
Text: Elaine Markson Literary Agency
- On Sale: 1/19/2010
- Teen Fiction
- pb 9780064473651 $8.99 ($9.99)
- 304 pages; 5 5/16 x 8
- Age: 12 up-; Grades: 7 up
- Model ISBN: 9780380722907
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Good Night, Maman
Norma Fox Mazer
- Paperback
- 9780064409230
- 4/24/2001
- $6.99 ($7.50 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
The Missing Girl
Norma Fox Mazer
- Hardcover
- 9780066237763
- 2/5/2008
- $16.99 ($22.50 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
- Library
- 9780066237770
- 2/5/2008
- $17.89 ($23.89 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
After the Rain
Norma Fox Mazer
- Paperback
- 9780380750252
- 11/2/1987
- $5.99 ($7.99 Can.)
- Marketing Code: AV
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"This well-crafted thriller with mythic undertones...offers readers rewards beyond sensationalism."
—School Library Journal (starred review)
“Gripping and satisfying… Mazer’s strong characterizations and her portrayal of family relationships stand out.”
—ALA Booklist (starred review)
"A psychological thriller...[that] ends on a hopeful note with a theme of self-empowerment."
—KLIATT (starred review)
“Mazer’s latest novel would give Alfred Hitchcock a run for his money. Outstanding.”
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“The story is stunning! It is tender, touching, horrifying...and brilliantly executed. The characters leap off the page.”
—Marion Dane Bauer, author of the Newbery Honor book On My Honor
“The Missing Girl is an urgent, daring, compassionate thriller. Put it down—I dare you!”
—Tim Wynne-Jones, award-winning author of The Boy in the Burning House
Awards
Texas Library Association Tayshas High School Reading List
ALA Best Book for Young Adults
New York Public Library Stuff for the Teen Age