17 & Gone
by:
Nova Ren Suma (author)
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Nova Ren Suma
Seventeen-year-old Lauren is having visions of girls who have gone missing. And all these girls have just one thing in common—they are 17 and gone without a trace. As Lauren struggles to shake these waking nightmares, impossible questions demand urgent answers: Why are the girls speaking to...
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Seventeen-year-old Lauren is having visions of girls who have gone missing. And all these girls have just one thing in common—they are 17 and gone without a trace. As Lauren struggles to shake these waking nightmares, impossible questions demand urgent answers: Why are the girls speaking to Lauren? How can she help them? And . . . is she next? As Lauren searches for clues, everything begins to unravel, and when a brush with death lands her in the hospital, a shocking truth emerges, changing everything.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780525423409 (0525423400)
Publish date: March 21st 2013
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Pages no: 354
Edition language: English
A mini review post for some of the books I finished this month but didn't feel like writing full reviews for. 17 & Gone - Nova Ren Suma - 4 Stars. This author is now on my must buy list. 17 & Gone is a strange mystery about a girl who hears and sees the ghosts of teen girls who have gone missing a...
That title is a bit unfairly mocking, but true nonetheless. This is YA in the vein of Stephanie Kuehn, contemporary, thoughtful, not easy, not light. There is a lot of confusion that results from reading 17 & Gone, up to nearly the end, because this is a book in which the reader doesn't really und...
***Note: this review assumes that you've read the book.*** One-sentence summary: Seventeen-year-old girl becomes obsessed with other missing girls, almost loses herself in the process, and definitely loses some Goodreads readers who couldn't push through to the end. Yes, please, more books with...
I don't really even know where to begin with this review. 4 days later and I am still feeling conflicted. There is no denying that Nova Ren Suma can write. It's impressive. Her voice and word weaving is something that needs to be read to be understood. But...there are those books that everybody love...
3.5/5It was a good book but I didn't enjoy it fully, it never fully drew me in despite the mystery. I was expecting a lot more so I was disappointed. I would still recommend this.-- Full review to come!
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