Missing
Worth buying if: You follow Garth Nix’s plot-driven pacing and character focus.
Skip it if: You expect high fantasy from Garth Nix rather than contemporary suspense.
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Summary
When a teenager disappears, Garth Nix traces clues through online footprints, family secrets and a community’s fracture; the novel mixes investigative beats with emotional reckonings across 320 pages.
Why this book now
Missing’s focus on digital traces and family dynamics feels sharp amid ongoing conversations about online privacy and teens’ lives.
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Good fit if you want...
- You follow Garth Nix’s plot-driven pacing and character focus.
- You enjoy mysteries grounded in social media clues and family tension.
- You expect high fantasy from Garth Nix rather than contemporary suspense.
- You prefer puzzle-only thrillers with minimal emotional family detail.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780545259002
Worth buying if: You follow Garth Nix’s plot-driven pacing and character focus.
Skip it if: You expect high fantasy from Garth Nix rather than contemporary suspense.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
Reader guide
Cues to help you decide faster.
Reading commitment
Balanced Moderate time
At roughly 320 pages, Missing reads as a single-sitting or weekend novel with steady momentum and character-driven chapters.
What stands out here
This Scholastic edition highlights Nix’s turn to contemporary general-interest fiction, emphasizing the book’s digital-age mystery and interpersonal stakes.
Best way to approach it
Track online clue details and character timelines as you read—note social-media posts and family flashbacks to piece together the disappearance.
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