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Missing Mom

by Lynn Slaughter

A family disappearance with questions across generations

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A family disappearance with questions across generations

Seventeen-year-old Noelle refuses to accept the apparent explanation for her mother’s disappearance and begins investigating what happened. Her search unfolds alongside the demands of ballet, changing feelings for her best friend Ravi, and concern for her younger sister, who resists visiting their father. A second strand follows Savannah, whose escape from an abusive marriage nearly two decades earlier becomes connected to Noelle’s inquiry. The novel brings together a mystery about a missing parent and family relationships shaped by secrets, fear, and the past.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in family-centered mysteries.
  • Readers drawn to stories involving ballet and a young protagonist’s investigation.
  • Readers interested in family relationships and the effects of an abusive marriage.

Themes

A parent’s disappearanceFamily secrets and relationshipsBallet and ambitionAbuse and escapeSisterhood

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Book overview

Devastated by her mom's sudden disappearance and the evidence pointing to suicide, seventeen-year-old Noelle, an aspiring ballet dancer, doesn't believe her mom would ever have taken her own life. She undertakes her own investigation to find out what really happened to her mother.

Meantime, Noelle is dealing with growing romantic feelings for Ravi, her best friend and fellow dancer. And she's worried about her little sister, Whitney, who won't talk about why she doesn't want to visit their dad.

Threaded throughout the novel is also the story of Savannah, a young woman whose escape from an abusive marriage nearly two decades earlier turns out to be connected to Noelle's investigation.

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