It's been three months since thirteen-year-old Chris Barton lost his little sister, Molly. "Missing, presumed drowned" was what the papers said, and surely that is what everyone believes. One night, Chris views a video he made the day Molly was lost. There doesn't seem to be anything unusual here: a rest stop, lunch by the river, a hungry squirrel, a familiar ice cream van. But the video harbors an awful secret. In the middle of the night, Chris Barton wakes from fitful sleep--and begins a journey filled with fear, doubt, and impossible hopes.

Awards

1995-1996 South Dakota Prairie Pasque Award

1997-1998 Utah Children’s Book Award

1995-1996 Texas Lone Star Reading List

1997-1998 Young Hoosier Book Award

1995-1996 Nebraska Golden Sower Young Adult
    Award Runner-Up

1996 Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award (FL)

Runner-up for Rebecca Caudill Award (IL)

Best of the Texas Lone Star Reading Lists

1997-1998 Iowa Teen Award Reading List

Reviews

"Mystery lovers will delight in this suspenseful, realistic detective story ...readers won't be able to put it down."  —Booklist

Where to Buy

Secret Garden Bookshop, Powell's Books,
or Barnes & Noble
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