Name: Me, the Missing, and the Dead
ISBN: 9780060850708

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A teenage voice turns a missing father and a dead girl into an intimate, uncanny mystery.

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A missing-person mystery with an eerie edge
A story where grief and curiosity meet

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Lucas Swain’s direct first-person voice
An unsettling question tied to Violet and his father

Book Details

Authors: Jenny Valentine
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: April 6, 2010
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Death & Grief for Teens · YA Crime Thrillers
Reading lane: Death & Grief for Teens

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YA Mysteries
Social Themes for Teens
Finding Your Footing

About This Book

Me: Lucas Swain—I'm nearly sixteen years old and live in London. I was fairly normal until the night I found Violet. Then everything changed. The missing: Dad. He disappeared five years ago. Nobody knows what happened to him, and nobody cares except me. It's enough to drive you crazy. The dead: That's Violet . . . in the urn. Speaking of crazy—I know she's trying to tell me something, and I think it's about my father. . . . I may have met Violet after she died. But it didn't...

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Me: Lucas Swain—I'm nearly sixteen years old and live in London. I was fairly normal until the night I found Violet. Then everything changed. The missing: Dad. He disappeared five years ago. Nobody knows what happened to him, and nobody cares except me. It's enough to drive you crazy. The dead: That's Violet . . . in the urn. Speaking of crazy—I know she's trying to tell me something, and I think it's about my father. . . . I may have met Violet after she died. But it didn't stop me from getting to know her. . . .