I couldn’t put this book down.
A heart wrenching, page turning young adult novel by Sue Whiting , missing is one to read.
You’ll be immersed on the awful emotional journey a young girl named Mackenzie must take as she learns her mother has gone missing.
Her mother is a scientist with a specialty in bats. She travels the world speaking at conferences and out in the field discovering new bats and disease seen in them.
Mackenzie’s mother hasn’t returned from her recent trip to Boquete in Panama – and hasn’t been in contact in any form. No one has seen her and as to her whereabouts- there are mixed messages.
No one is telling her anything and the police can’t find her
She clings onto anything she can to feel like her mother is still alive and it isn’t until she does some of her own detective work that she comes to learn what really happens.
You won’t be expecting the ending and you’ll be drawn in by the strength displayed by Mackenzie, a year 6 girl, on the cusp of high school.
So many people go missing every year in Australia and although many are found, many are not.
Take a read of this to see how those who are left behind feel throughout the searching process.
