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Island of Lost Girls

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While parked at a gas station, Rhonda sees something so incongruously surreal that at first she hardly recognizes it as a crime in progress. She watches, unmoving, as someone dressed in a rabbit costume kidnaps a young girl. Devastated over having done nothing, Rhonda joins the investigation. But the closer she comes to identifying the abductor, the nearer she gets to the troubling truth about another missing child: her best friend, Lizzy, who vanished years before.

From the author of the acclaimed Promise Not to Tell comes a chilling and mesmerizing tale of shattered innocence, guilt, and ultimate redemption.

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"At the start of McMahon's haunting second novel (after Promise Not to Tell), recent college grad Rhonda Farr witnesses a child abduction in front of a convenience store in Pike's Crossing, Vt. Ernestine 'Ernie' Florucci willingly leaves her mother's car because her six-foot-tall abductor is wearing a rabbit suit. Rhonda remembers her best friend Lizzy's father entertaining her and Lizzy in a rabbit costume in 1993, and vanishing soon after. Three years later, Lizzy disappeared en route to high school. Guilt over her inability to stop Ernie's abduction spurs Rhonda to join the search for the girl. She recalls the summer that Lizzy's older brother, Peter, had them all perform Peter Pan, which was a great success, but there were dark secrets beneath the makeshift stage. McMahon expertly shifts between pivotal events in the past and present-day action, building tension to a resolution both poignant and shattering." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
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Jennifer McMahon is the author of Dismantled, the New York Times bestseller Island of Lost Girls, and the breakout debut novel Promise Not to Tell. She lives in Vermont with her partner, Drea, and their daughter, Zella.
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sallyann, July 10, 2008 (view all comments by sallyann)
There are secrets galore in this book of "it is not what it seems" and a good page turner. The only con is that the characters are a little confusing in the beginning but then it rolls.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780061445880
Author:
Mcmahon, Jennifer
Publisher:
Harper Paperbacks
Author:
McMahon, Jennifer
Author:
by Jennifer McMahon
Author:
Editors of Time for Kids
Subject:
Kidnapping victims
Subject:
General
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Subject:
Suspense fiction
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
United States - 20th Century
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Edition Description:
Trade PB
Series:
Time For Kids
Publication Date:
20080431
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
from 2 to 4
Language:
English
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
9 x 6 in 4.00 oz
Age Level:
from 7 to 9
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"Publishers Weekly Review" by , "At the start of McMahon's haunting second novel (after Promise Not to Tell), recent college grad Rhonda Farr witnesses a child abduction in front of a convenience store in Pike's Crossing, Vt. Ernestine 'Ernie' Florucci willingly leaves her mother's car because her six-foot-tall abductor is wearing a rabbit suit. Rhonda remembers her best friend Lizzy's father entertaining her and Lizzy in a rabbit costume in 1993, and vanishing soon after. Three years later, Lizzy disappeared en route to high school. Guilt over her inability to stop Ernie's abduction spurs Rhonda to join the search for the girl. She recalls the summer that Lizzy's older brother, Peter, had them all perform Peter Pan, which was a great success, but there were dark secrets beneath the makeshift stage. McMahon expertly shifts between pivotal events in the past and present-day action, building tension to a resolution both poignant and shattering." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
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