The Night I Disappeared

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HELD HOSTAGE BY AN INNER WORLD

Something scary is happening to seventeen-year-old Jamie Tessman. Ever since she and her mother arrived in Chicago, she's been plagued by freaky mind-slips and vivid daydreams about her sort-of boyfriend, Webb. When Jamie's inner world starts taking her hostage and keeping her imprisoned for longer periods of time, she becomes terrified that she is slowly losing her mind.

Jamie's mom doesn't seem to notice ...

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Overview

HELD HOSTAGE BY AN INNER WORLD

Something scary is happening to seventeen-year-old Jamie Tessman. Ever since she and her mother arrived in Chicago, she's been plagued by freaky mind-slips and vivid daydreams about her sort-of boyfriend, Webb. When Jamie's inner world starts taking her hostage and keeping her imprisoned for longer periods of time, she becomes terrified that she is slowly losing her mind.

Jamie's mom doesn't seem to notice anything is wrong. No one does — until Jamie meets Morgan, a new friend who's had her own "brush with nuttiness." When Jamie disappears into her inner world one night and can't find her way out, Morgan sees to it that Jamie finally gets help. Morgan's aunt, a psychiatrist, breaks through Jamie's paralyzing fear and helps her unravel a tangle of long-forgotten, horrifying secrets in her past....

When Jamie and her mother travel to Chicago so her mother can defend a client, Jamie's world takes a strange turn. Mind slips and vivid daydreams begin to paralyze her as she feels she is slowly losing her mind.

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Editorial Reviews

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Admirers of Deaver's Say Goodnight, Gracie may welcome the return of two of that book's protagonists but are likely to end up disappointed: the characterizations here are thin and the plotting will seem obvious to anyone at all familiar with YA problem novels. Jamie Tessman, underachieving daughter of a high-profile attorney mother (Jamie's father died when she was three), has only one friend, Webb, and she has seen him every day since meeting him when she was nine. But this summer they part: Webb backpacks through Europe, and Jamie accompanies her mother to Chicago, where Ms. Tessman is defending a girl in a sensational court case. Her mother works so hard that Jamie is able to conceal the problem that terrifies hershe loses herself in seemingly real fantasies of being with Webb. An accident resulting from one such lapse brings about a trip to the emergency room, where she meets Morgan (fully recovered from the grief and depression that beset her in Gracie) and Morgan's psychiatrist aunt. Deaver plants somewhat clunky clues to Jamie's condition, and not many readers will be surprised when, midway through, Webb turns out to be imaginary, nor when Jamie, in treatment with Morgan's aunt, recovers the memory of the trauma that gave birth to him. The ease of Jamie's recovery equals the superficiality of the setup; this is escapist fare, short on emotional truth. Ages 11-up. (May) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
KLIATT
Jamie Tessman is unhappily ensconced in a private school. She is an underachiever and is in danger of failing her courses and having to repeat a grade. Her mother is a high-profile attorney who has taken on a highly publicized case in Chicago, so Jamie has to relocate for the summer. Jamie is reluctant to leave her best friend Webb, who will be backpacking in Europe. It seems that he is her only friend until she meets Morgan in Chicago, in the hospital emergency room. Morgan works for her aunt, who is a psychiatrist, and the girls become friends. But as it turns out, Webb is only a fantasy character, and Morgan is the one to get Jamie help, as Jamie's mother is oblivious to her daughter's psychotic state. This is a quick read and has some interesting revelations. KLIATT Codes: JS—Recommended for junior and senior high school students. 2002, Simon & Schuster, Simon Pulse, 242p.,
— Sherri Forgash Ginsberg
School Library Journal
Gr 8 Up-Jamie Tessman's widowed mother is a powerful attorney, currently working to defend a young woman accused of killing her stepfather. The Tessmans live in Monterey, CA, but the case and trial are in Chicago, so they move there for the summer. Jamie is distraught at having to say good-bye to her dearest friend, Webb, a young man who seems always to be there for her. In Chicago, Jamie is shocked to find herself in a bike accident that was caused, apparently, by nothing except her own lack of awareness of her surroundings. In the emergency room, where she needs only minor patching, she meets Morgan, a girl a year older than herself, and, in the following days, Jamie develops the first friendship she remembers having with someone other than Webb. However, her states of clouded awareness become supplemented by panic attacks and soon her mother acquires psychiatric intervention for her. The psychiatrist is Morgan's aunt, a warm but efficient clinician who, very quickly, is able to establish the truth about Webb's existence and the terrifying trauma at the root of Jamie's emotional distress. Deaver has plotted this tale tightly and there are details to appeal to many reader interests-some suspense, some female bonding, even gourmet food. The psychiatric treatment is incredibly facile and speedy and Jamie's mother runs hot and cold by turns. However, this story goes beyond simplistic light reading to offer glimpses at such issues as how emotions can protect us and how we grow through different stages of recognizing truths in appearances.-Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CA Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781442472983
  • Publisher: Simon Pulse
  • Publication date: 5/28/2012
  • Pages: 256
  • Age range: 12 - 11 Years
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.20 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Meet the Author

Julie Reece Deaver grew up in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She is the author of several novels, including Say Goodnight, Gracie, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, which introduced two of the characters featured in The Night I Disappeared. Deaver has worked as a teacher's aide in special education and started her writing career in television comedy. She is an artist as well as a writer; her illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker, Reader's Digest, and The Chicago Tribune. She lives on the Monterey Peninsula in California with her blue-eyed cat, Lincoln Rhyme. Readers are welcome to contact her at JulieDeaver@aol.com.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 31, 2010

    Great book, definitely keeps you thinking!

    I have read quite a few books dealing with mystery, murder and crimes and all of that fun stuff, and this book was definitely the weirdest. I really enjoyed it though. It differs from normal mystery books, which is good. I like a book to be unique. It doesn't have to follow the same story setting as every other book with the same Genre. The style of this book is mystery, with a little bit of romance thrown in there. It's not the kind of romance that's in most stories, the mushy boy meets girl kind, it's an unexplained kind. Throughout the whole entire book it kept me wondering what was going to happen, although at many points in the book I was bored. There isn't really a lot of action in the story and there is a few things that I would have liked to play out differently, but other than that I really enjoyed it! The author did an excellent job, although there are just some parts in the story that need that extra spice. But there's enough spice in there that I kept on reading it. I liked it mostly for one main reason, it keeps you guessing. You think you know what is going to happen, or what is wrong with the main character whose name is Jamie, but you read to the next page and it's the exact opposite of what you thought. The author Julie Deaver really has an excellent mind. She knows how to grab the readers' attention, without giving too much away at any given point. I like the story because the little things throughout the chapters lead up to the main point in the end, making the whole story make perfect sense. There is another book written by this same author called Good Night, Gracie. I've never read it, but I've heard that it goes along with this book in a way because it is about one of the main characters, Morgan, in this story. I think the main point I got out of this story is to stay focused with your life, and not get caught up in worldly things. Jamie goes through some pretty crazy things, and she definitely needs to stay focused with her life and realize the things that are happening. Something must have happened to the author relating to this story to give her the inspiration to write it, or else she just has an amazing imagination. The ending was just not at all how I expected it to be, and I like that a lot. I really enjoyed this book and I think anyone who enjoys reading books that are unique, like this one, will enjoy it also. I recommend it to anyone who likes mystery and like to keep themselves guessing. There is occasional swearing, so if you don't like that than I would not recommend this book to you. But other than that I hope that anyone and everyone who is up for it will try it and like it as much as I did. Enjoy!

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  • Posted January 26, 2010

    Simply Amazing.

    I love this book so much. It's so addicting. I used to hate to read but when I found this book I just couldn't put it down. I really love the mystery and all of the surrounding things like Webb... and her mom's trial. It really puts the book together very well. I suggest this book to anyone who likes a mystery type of book. (:

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  • Posted March 7, 2009

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    Daydreams

    17year-old Jamie Tessman is leaving her only friend, Webb, who has been there for her since she was nine, and her home to go to Chicago for the summer while her high-profile attorney mom works on a case. Jamie keeps "daydreaming" causing her to space out at any given time, bike crashes, and blurting out her and Webb's conversation, giving everyon around her confusion. But this unawarness causes Jamie to have panic attacks and her mother is forced to get a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist happens to be Jamie's new friend, Morgan's Aunt. She quickly gets to the root of Jamie's obbessesion over Webb and where he came from. Jamie remembers the truth of what happend so many years ago. On the night that gives her nightmares. The way Jamie thinks that night happend might just be a lie. Read The Night i Disappeared to see what happends.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 17, 2008

    Adopted at 2 weeks old.Guess Who!!!

    I really liked this book. I didnt understand why it was called this, but as I read it I understood more. The girl was very interesting and I could relate to some of what happened. She was daydreaming and I love to daydream also. Whoever wants to read this will love it.

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  • Posted December 17, 2008

    Great.

    The night i disappeared, was a very thrilling book, at first i thought that it was kind of boring, but then it throws you a major curve ball in the middle, it gets very interesting after that part. She's a girl that alot of young people could probably relate too!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 20, 2007

    Victoria's Review

    This book was outstanding. It is about a girl named Jamie Tessman who moves to Chicago with her mom for the summer, or longer. Her mom is a famous lawyer who doesn't exactly pay attention to Jamie. Jamie has to say goodbye to the guy that she really likes named Webb. As soon as Jamie gets to Chicago, she starts experiencing mind-slips and day dreams about Webb that she has a hard time getting out of. As time goes on, those mind-slips and day dreams get worse. Her day dreams get so bad that one night, she can't get out. She meets a girl named Morgan who thinks she knows what Jamie is going through. Morgan's aunt is a psychiatrist who tries to help Jamie. She finally breaks through the wall to Jamie's past that is making her go into these mind-slips. There is a twist in the story that you will never see coming.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 23, 2007

    The Night I Disappeared

    The Night I Disappeared is about a teenage girl named Jamie Tessman. Jamie¿s mom is a big-time lawyer that has to go live in Chicago to investigate a famous murder trial, so she¿s either not home or too busy to talk. Jamie starts to get stressed out, mostly because she misses her boyfriend Webb, back home in California, terribly. Unfortunately, he is away in Europe for the summer. She soon finds out that he has never really been there for her at all. Her new friend Morgan starts to realize that Jamie has some serious problems when she starts to disappear into her own world. Jamie just can¿t help it and sometimes it takes a while to get out of her day-dreams. She also gets flash-backs about the day she met Webb and her old baby-sitter Ellis. After all of this, Morgan¿s aunt, a psychiatrist, discovers a secret that has been keeping Jamie separate from the rest of the world. To find out more read The Night I Disappeared.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 1, 2007

    Awesome!

    It is an awesome book that I recomend for anyone. The ending will suprise you.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 12, 2006

    great book

    The book The night I disappeared, by Julie Reece Deaver, is about a girl who had mind slips. She didn't start getting them until her and her mother moved to Chicago for the summer while her mother is working on a high profile case (she's a lawyer). I would recommend this book to anyone who likes true page turners. Just looking at the cover makes you want to know what the book is about. On the cover it says 'Jamie has a secret...' which made me what to read the book even more than i wanted to when i first picked it up. i chose to read it in the first place because the title really jumped out at me. The book has a very unusual twist to in the rising action in the book. I would recommend this book to anyone who liked the book So B. It by Sarah Weeks. It's a lot like this book. Over all i thought that The Night I disappeard was a great book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 23, 2006

    AMAZING BOOK.

    This book is a non-stop read. You cannot put it down. Best book ever. Will make your mouth drop to the ground at the ending. A MUST READ!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 3, 2006

    Amazing!

    This book was absolutely amazing. It was one of those books that you can't put down, but you have to, in fear of finishing it the next day and being book-less. 'The Night I Disappeared' is one of my Top 5 Favorite Books. The plot was intriguing, Jamie's episodes were horrifying yet kept your eyes glued to the pages for more. Her battle with her locked-away past reveals itself at the end, setting a climax found in no other novel. This book is definitely the equivalent to a psychological thriller film - a definite must read!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 5, 2006

    Awesome Book!!!

    this was such a good book! It was kind of scary in the beginning but it was really good. definately a must read!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 13, 2005

    Mind-Bending!

    This book had one of the most electrifying twists that I have ever read. A real page turner!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 19, 2005

    The best I ever read

    I really liked it. I have to say is that it had a twist about it. I think that there should be a squel to the book. If i had to i would recommend everyone read this book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 29, 2004

    Imaginative

    This was an awesome book! I... My brain was opened to entirely new possibilities of life. My step-mom only had to see the cover to want to read it. 'Cause even the cover leaves you hanging with the part: Jamie has a secret... I recommend this book if you like imaginative stories

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 3, 2004

    this is an awesome book

    i love this book!!!!!!!!! i couldnt put it down, it has an big twist in it, i was surprised, i recommand this book to ever one

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 28, 2004

    Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I loved this book. I couldn't put it down at school. Even when I got home I would still read it. My friend recommended it to me. Then when I was done she tould me about the first book to the series called Say Goodnight, Gracie.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 10, 2004

    Night I Disappeared

    This book is beyond my favorite book, I couldnt put it down as soon as I started.I read this book for a free reading project in English, and then I had to do a book report on it. And I decided to shoot a film. It turned out great. I was Jamie, and my friend was morgan. We put up a white sheet in front of a room, and put a light in there to cast a shadow of me and webb. It was awesome. I really really really want to see that this book becomes a movie some day!!! Everyone should still read the book though.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 18, 2003

    Night I Disappeared

    This book was the best book I have ever read. It has a great plot and It has a huge twist! I love books with twists, if you do to, then u want to read this book! I read it within 2 days, and I didnt want it to end. Everyone HAS to read this book!!!!!!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 21, 2003

    My darling book fair

    If i had to descdribe this book I'd have to say this really made me think about what her life was like. As you read you can feel sympathy, friendship, and even the grief. you get so in this book that you can really touch the sand underneath the sea shells ,on the beach. This was one of those books that I started on a friday, 3:00 and finished at 7:00. that is not a record for me but I just couldn't put it down. I am so glad my school had a book fair.

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