Unaccounted for

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Michigan, present day. The auto companies are sinking faster than an SUV off Luna Pier, and the job scene is the worst in America. But ever since his father hired on at flourishing Wolverine Motors, Milo Shoemaker has felt like a winner. Doesn’t Wolverine make the best fire engines in the world? Their workers must be doing something right.
Then his dad drives over a cliff in the fog. Someone robs their house during the funeral. Did his father die by accident--or did his past ...
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Michigan, present day. The auto companies are sinking faster than an SUV off Luna Pier, and the job scene is the worst in America. But ever since his father hired on at flourishing Wolverine Motors, Milo Shoemaker has felt like a winner. Doesn’t Wolverine make the best fire engines in the world? Their workers must be doing something right.
Then his dad drives over a cliff in the fog. Someone robs their house during the funeral. Did his father die by accident--or did his past catch up with him? To find out, Milo passes up college to take a job at Wolverine, where he and his best friend uncover dangerous truths about business, heroes, and the boss’s daughter. Maybe some secrets should remain... unaccounted for.
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Margaret VanFossan
…set in present-day Michigan, Unaccounted For revolves around 18 year-old Milo, who is dealing with his father's death, which…may not be what it seems... Was (his father)a good guy or a crook? A solid family man or a cheat? …rich with a well-paced story, continuing suspense, and an unexpected ending…a novel that can satisfy both teens and adults alike.
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Another teen dealing with consequences of dishonesty and cover-ups from Cappo (Cheating Lessons, 2011), though the stakes are higher in this murder mystery set in a small, blue-collar Michigan town. We first meet Milo Shoemaker, an upstanding high school senior, the day of his father's funeral. Milo's dad was an accountant at Wolverine Motors, manufacturers of fire trucks in the town of Valeene, and the company prides itself on not having taken a government bailout like the big three automakers. The circumstances surrounding the death of Milo's father are suspicious—was it an accident, suicide for insurance or, worse, murder? Clues pop up that lead Milo to finagle a job at the plant where he can snoop out the truth. Did his dad cook the books to pay off a gambling debt? Or is it something more sinister? Proving his dad's innocence could take down the town's biggest employer and tarnish the reputation of its president, a hero of sorts that Milo holds in high regard for hiring his father when he was down on his luck. Milo is a teen with character and morals; he helps out around the house and takes care of his younger twin siblings. Adding the virginal quality, although commendable, is a tad overdone and predictable in young adult fiction lately. Cappo's occasional odd choice of adjectives can seem arbitrary and a bit befuddling, as in "the oily Pearce" when referring to the shady, suspect payroll supervisor, and the line "J'azzmin had stealthily replaced their headsets." It's when Milo's best friend—the athletic, charming Zaffer, whose summer job in security and grounds keeping at Wolverine gives him access to off-limit areas of the building—and the boss' attractive daughter, Ellie, join in on the sleuthing that the plot moves along at a brisk pace with plenty of action, romance and intrigue. Milo's unyielding determination to discover the truth and expose corporate fraud will likely make Cappo's page-turner a hit with those sympathetic to the Occupy Wall Street movement.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780983822219
  • Publisher: Tadmar Press LLC
  • Publication date: 6/28/2012
  • Pages: 452
  • Product dimensions: 5.98 (w) x 9.02 (h) x 0.91 (d)

Meet the Author

Nan Willard Cappo's first novel was CHEATING LESSONS (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum), an Edgar Award nominee for best Young Adult Mystery, Junior Library Guild selection, and an ALA Popular Paperback for Young Adults. She likes to write about ordinary people forced to make extraordinary choices--preferably dangerous ones. She believes true suspense comes from anticipating whether a character will do the right thing—whatever that might be--and how. Though raised in Pittsburgh, she’s lived for the last 25 years in Farmington, Michigan. UNACCOUNTED FOR was plotted on long drives through the rural counties around Detroit, during her day job as an education sales rep to schools. Like Hemingway, she took a few liberties with local geography (usually by accident) and hopes sharp-eyed readers will understand. Visit her at http://www.nancappo.com
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  • Posted January 15, 2012

    "Can't put it down. Great read for teens or adults."

    Ms. Cappo keeps you guessing in this page-turning mystery. You can't help but root for Milo and his buddy Zaffer as they team up to outsmart and take down an unlikely villain. Milo's doubts about his father's innocence, and his crush on the "wrong girl" worth waiting for.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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