The Missing Girl

The Missing Girl: ?

Hi. I thought this book was pretty good. Of course the beginning was a little boring but it got good. I wish the story would have had a better ending to it but overall it was good. The characters had so much personality. But overall, a must read =]

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Didnt really like

1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

not goood!

I thought that this book was slow , and i didnt liked the way it was written, and honestly I expected something better

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

A reviewer

I¿ve never been pulled into a book before , but that is just what happened when I read The Missing Girl by Norma Fox Mazer. The book is told in different point of views. The story of five sisters who don¿t get along as much as they should , and their secret admirer who watches them from a distance'the man'. The book takes place in a small town called Mallory. Beauty the oldest out of five tries to get away from the small town were nothing happens , so she can be someone other than who she is. My favorite character in the book The Missing Girl would have to be Beauty she¿s the reason for me loving this book so much. Just when you think the book is getting dull and boring beauty and her problems and challenges pull you back in. There¿s more going on in the book than just Beauty trying to get out of Mallory. A man who see¿s these five girls watches them with a strong fascination in them almost often, seems to start looking forward to seeing them everyday, but do the girls ever notice the man?. The man who is much orderly. Cant control his thoughts about these girls. They¿re his favorite subject. He cant seem to stop thinking about the girls. The book The Missing Girl is horrifying and touching daring and somewhat gentle. Among Beauty there are many other interesting characters like Ethan Boswell .Ethan is such an interesting character because of how he treats beauty. He is also another reason why you would continue to flip the pages of the book The Missing Girl. Ethan is a friend of Beauty¿s.

1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Ehh.

The plot seemed underdeveloped, and I lost my interest quickly.

Reused Characters?

I'm about 20 pages into this book when it started to come to me, ' I recognize these characters!'. It takes me a little while but it's the poem on page 35 that helps me remember. See, I'm an avid reader so it's often that coincidences like this happen. But I have to know, did anyone else notice that Beauty is the star of another story? In the anthology, ' Such a Pretty Face', Norma Fox Mazer writes a story called 'how to survive a name.' This of course features one of the main charaters from this book, Beauty Herbert, and her being ugly. This is kinda funny because how I have to see which came first! Both 'the missing girl' and Norma Fox Mazer's short story are amazing:)

A must read!

There are four sister just going about their normal lives while the entire time there is a man stalking them trying to figure out which one to take. It's pretty creepy, but it's really interesting how the author writes the book from the two different perspectives of the girls lives.

Ugh

Honestly it lead it up to be something way better. Waste of time. Seemed like there was no p oint or plot to the thing.

Really good ! its a MUST read.

it goes from different perspectives, which makes it more of a thriller and you cant stop reading. it also never had a part that made me want to stop reading; never dull. its around a 7th grade reading level but honestly i think its good for any teen to read. the author did a fantastic job creating "The Missing Girl"

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

This is a great book. I suggest that every one read it. A predator and prey. If you love the adventury escape kidnappy books this is a mix of all 3

Really???

You just had to write out the entire plot it's so rude.Four stars for the book and a slap in the face to you.

People:(

I don't even have to read the book. Someone decided to write the whole story down in their review. I personally think that those people are abusing the review and should not write anymore of them. I love to read but dont think there is a point to read somethung for the first time if you alreafy know the ending. The dtory is no longer interesting and any review written by someone who read that review would be thinking on those terms, not their own. By telling the whole plot the book becomes boring. I feel bad for any writer who has experienced this because they have less people reading their book then they should have. My point is STOP TELLING THE WHOLE STORY WHEN YOU WRITE A REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!! I gave the author five stars because this is not fair to them or the people who probably would have read this, namely ME!

hmmm....

this book was a little odd and wriiten with poor taste but the story was a good quick read and the ending was dry.

BOOK REPORT REVIEW!

The Missing Girl
The Missing Girl was about the five Herbert girls. Sometimes the sisters were close and sometimes they fought. They all walked home from school and to school every day, unless one of them was sick. Every time the five sisters would walk to and from school there was a man who always watched them. He would pick one thing to say about each girl and tell himself which one he liked and didn't liked about each one. This went on for a couple of months. One day Fancy, one of the five sisters, got upset with her mom and her sisters. Fancy decided that she would take a walk. She walked around everywhere for a while until she realized that she was lost. She saw the man who would watch them walk every day for direction to where she lived. The man invited her in his house and wouldn't let her out. He kept here in his house captive for a long time until one day the man left. As soon as the man left Fancy took a chair and broke the window and climbed out and fell. She tried to walk home in the rain until a women saw her along the road and picked her up and took her home. A couple of days after Fancy was safe at home she read in the newspaper that the man had killed himself.
Likes: I liked that you didn't know what was going to happen next and that it was so intriguing. I also liked how she wrote the book. She used third ,second and first person.
Dislikes: I didn't like how it ended. I wish she had of had a more exciting detailed ending besides she got out and he died. I still liked the book though.
What does she look like?
Fancy has brown hair that is think, long and glossy. She never wears a hat no matter what the weather is. She is young. She is also skinny.
"So it comes down to the youngest one---he thinks she's the youngest---with the long brown hair." This is what the man says when he is watching Fancy.
What is important to her?
Even though fancy gets mad at her family and that's the reason she took a walk, her family is the most important to her. Also her tape recorder is important to her. She uses when she gets angry so her sister beauty told her to record when she is mad.
" I have the Urge, like beauty my sister told me about, so I am hot and talking." This was when Fancy was recording when she was mad which is why she says the Urge. Her sister beauty told her to record so she did.
What motivates her?
Fancy's sisters motivate her. Since she is so young, the youngest in the family she looks up to her sisters. So when she went through something hard she would talk to herself or to her sisters.
" I want to feed the ducks. Please, please, Autumn my sister, I want to feed the ducks, I do, I do." This is what Fancy says to one of her sisters Autumn. This quote shows that Fancy looks up to her sisters because Fancy is looking for her sisters permission to do something which shows she looks up to her so that motivates her.
How does she overcome obstacles?
Fancy overcomes obstacles by recording when she is mad. Talking to herself helps her to calm down.
"Beauty my sister gave me a tape recorder, she said, Fancy my love, which is her best pet name for me, she said, talk into it, tell it things when you get the urge." This is when Beauty told Fancy what to do with the tape recorder.
What has she learned?
Fancy has learned not to take a walk without telling people where she is going and not to go into to strange people houses. Especially people you don't know.
"Come on in, and we'll check it out together."

Pretty good.

There have been worest books.It was very good for a good story for something about a terrible subject.

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good read

this book was a little hard to get into but the different perspectives made it an overall good book. i even teared up a few times.

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thats stuipe to sau

crazy

i love pie!'!

pie is good

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Suspensful-kept me on my toes!

In this book, the five Herbert sisters go about life like nothing is wrong, yet they are unknowingly being watched by a man whose name is never revealed. The sisters are all different including : 17-year old Beauty, who acts as mother to her younger siblings, secretive 16-year old Mim, wild 14-year old Stevie, special 12-year old Fancy, and the "man's" personal favorite, 11-year old Autumn. The Herbert family struggles everyday to survive after their father breaks his back, and Mom's job doesn't make ends meet, so Beauty helps out with her job at a Florist. One fall day, Autumn decides to go for a walk around the neighborhood and soon finds herself lost. She walks up to what she thinks is a friendly neighbor's yard to ask for help, unexpectedly putting herself into the greatest danger she'll ever know. This book was a great suspense that kept me wanting to read it until the end. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a book to keep them on their toes. The only downside is that it was a fairly short and easy read, whereas I wanted it to go on longer. Some content may not be suitable for younger readers, because of sensitive and mature topics. Overall, I really enjoyed reading this book and would love to read more from this author.

maybe the real world is full of bad people

i used to think that when i was younger my mother was overprotective. i would even have often arguments with her over not being able to play in the street like the others could. when i read this book it, at the same time, i felt as if i was in the mid of a predator as well as the mind of the victims. this book really hit me and made me understand why my mother decided to keep me safe from the "bad" people. this book is a must read for all mothers and all girls who may not at time understand the in workings of protective mothers.