Missing
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Fans of CJ Omololu's The Third Twin will flock to the romantic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, now available in paperback.
The only thing Winter Crane likes about Reeve's End is that soon she'll leave it....
The only thing Winter Crane likes about Reeve's End is that soon she'll leave it....
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Fans of CJ Omololu's The Third Twin will flock to the romantic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, now available in paperback.The only thing Winter Crane likes about Reeve's End is that soon she'll leave it. Like her best friend did. Like her sister did. Like most of the teens born in town have done. There's nothing for them there but abandoned mines and empty futures. They're better off taking a chance elsewhere.
What Winter will miss is the woods. Her only refuge. At least it was. Until the day she found Lennon left for dead, bleeding in a tree.
But now Lennon is gone too. And he has Winter questioning what she once thought was true. What if nobody left at all? What if they're all missing?
"A compelling thriller that keeps the reader hooked until the end." -VOYA, Starred
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oneReeve s End is the kind of town every kid can t wait to escape. Each summer, a dozen kids leave and at least a quarter never come back. I don t blame them--I ll do the same in another year. We thought it was just something that happened in towns like ours.
We were wrong.
Twenty dollars an hour, I say to the guy who s stopped me as I head for Doc Southcott s. I know his name. When your high school has only two hundred kids, you can t even pretend you don t. But from his expression, you d think I ve clearly forgotten him. Forgotten who he is, at least.
I lean against the crumbling brickwork. You asked if I can help boost your math grade. The answer is yes. For twenty dollars an hour.
But . . .
I know, Garrett. You expected I d do it for the pleasure of your company. That s what you re used to--girls jumping at the chance to spend time with you. You re a decent guy, though, so I ll warn that it s not so much you they re after as a one-way ticket out of Reeve s End. Preferably with a cute boy who ll earn a football scholarship . . . as long as he can get the grades for college. Which is why you re here.
Uh . . .
I sigh and look down the road. There s nothing to see. Pothole-ridden streets. Rust-plagued pickups. Even the mutt tied outside the Dollar Barn gazes at the fog-shrouded Appalachians as if dreaming of better.
I turn back to Garrett. I m happy to help. But you re not the only one who wants out, and college is expensive.
Not for you. With your grades, you re guaranteed a full ride.
Nothing is guaranteed. And I doubt I ll get a full ride for my post-grad.
Med school? He glances at Doc Southcott s office.
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You re not serious about that.
Are you serious about a football scholarship?
Hell, yeah. It s just . . . med school?
Kids from Reeve s End don t go to med school. Especially those like me, who even here would be from the wrong side of the tracks . . . if Reeve s End had tracks. Sometimes I figure the train purposely diverted around us for the same reason we don t have buses or taxis--so it s harder to escape.
Tutoring won t get me through med school. Neither will working for Doc Southcott. But I ve got a plan, and every penny counts. It s always counted.
You have your dreams, Garrett, and I have mine. Yours will cost twenty bucks an hour. If you put in the effort, I can bring you up to a B. And the bonus to paying me? You won t need to flirt to win my help.
He shakes his head. You re a strange girl, Winter Crane.
No, I m just strange for Reeve s End. So, do we have a deal? I ve got one tutor slot open, which will fill in another week, when kids finally admit midterms are coming.
He agrees, still looking confused.
Tomorrow, after school at the library, I say. Payment in advance.
I have a short shift at the doc s that day. Mrs. Southcott has managed to convince her husband to take an extended long-weekend vacation, leaving this afternoon. I tried to argue that I could do office work while they re gone,
Are you serious about a football scholarship?
Hell, yeah. It s just . . . med school?
Kids from Reeve s End don t go to med school. Especially those like me, who even here would be from the wrong side of the tracks . . . if Reeve s End had tracks. Sometimes I figure the train purposely diverted around us for the same reason we don t have buses or taxis--so it s harder to escape.
Tutoring won t get me through med school. Neither will working for Doc Southcott. But I ve got a plan, and every penny counts. It s always counted.
You have your dreams, Garrett, and I have mine. Yours will cost twenty bucks an hour. If you put in the effort, I can bring you up to a B. And the bonus to paying me? You won t need to flirt to win my help.
He shakes his head. You re a strange girl, Winter Crane.
No, I m just strange for Reeve s End. So, do we have a deal? I ve got one tutor slot open, which will fill in another week, when kids finally admit midterms are coming.
He agrees, still looking confused.
Tomorrow, after school at the library, I say. Payment in advance.
I have a short shift at the doc s that day. Mrs. Southcott has managed to convince her husband to take an extended long-weekend vacation, leaving this afternoon. I tried to argue that I could do office work while they re gone,
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Autoren-Porträt von Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Darkest Powers (The Summoning, The Awakening, and The Reckoning), Darkness Rising (The Gathering, The Calling, andThe Rising) and Age of Legends (Sea of Shadows, Empire of Night, and Forest of Ruin) trilogies for teens, and most recently the YA thriller The Masked Truth. Kelley lives in southwestern Ontario with her family. You can visit her online at kelleyarmstrong.com.
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- Autor: Kelley Armstrong
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 14 Jahre
- 2017, 384 Seiten, Maße: 14,6 x 21,3 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Random House
- ISBN-10: 0399550321
- ISBN-13: 9780399550324
- Erscheinungsdatum: 05.04.2017
Sprache:
Englisch
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"This is a compelling thriller that keeps the reader hooked until the end." VOYA starred review
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