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it was too entertaining, I finished it just to finish it, Ir still had a dyrpring end tho and I was stunned, Kurt's life suddenly and brutally comes into focus for him after his sister disappears from a party on an abandoned pier, A party where there was a gun and a shot, Was Casey shot Did she dive off the pier or fall Who had the gun last and why was it at the party anyway Will Casey's body wash ashore or is this one of her pranks
Waiting for his parents at the police station, Kurt and his best friend overhear everyone who comes in to give their statement.
The secrets and judgements revealed in those statements open their eyes to the real tragedies of their small town and lead to accusations, betrayals and shocking consequences,
The topics of drugs, sex and abuse are at the center of this disturbing but riveting and realistic story,
t was just another dune party on a slow night in Mysticuntil Casey Carmody went missing off the side of the pier and no one was sure whether shed been shot or not.
Suddenly everything was a question and all the gossip was hot,

Stuck at the Police Station waiting for his parents flight to get in, Kurt Carmody was helpless, So he did the only thing he could: eavesdropped with his best friend on the statements given by their friends, An experience that turned out to be more eyeopening than hed expectedand not in the ways hed expected,

By the end of the night, his sisters story had become hopelessly entangled with that of Stacy Kearney, another Island girl, and Kurt didnt know if hed be able to save either of them.
But that didnt mean he wasnt going to try, Casey Carmody disappears into the dark waters at a nighttime party in a small town, Its unsure if she dove, was pushed off, or fell off the pier after gunfire was heard, Caseys brother Kurt, who was at the party but didnt see what happened, wants to get to the bottom of things, hoping his sister is alive somewhere, All fingers are pointing to Stacy Kearney, who brought a derringer to the party, Stacys pregnant and Caseys boyfriend may be the father, Also, Stacy has secrets swirling around her which involve her seedy family, When I was reading this, I couldnt wait to see whodunit and if/when Casey would reappear, Carol Plum Uccis THE NIGHT MY SISTER WENT MISSING is a solid YA mystery with delightful twists and turns, "If nothing else, in all these words, I have a memorial to Stacey Kearney that tells as much as you can tell about somebody whose life was a mystery, an endless secret, and yet, you know you're right to love her forever.
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This wasn't a bad story, although with onlypages it took me quite a while to feel connected to any one character, It wasn't until Chapterthat I was truly connected with Kurt, Stacey surprised me as did the rest of this book, I was riveted, saddened and quite moved by the latter half of the story, All in all it was an interesting story with a most thoughtful and insightful lead character in Kurt, My heart just broke for both him and Stacey, "It's too late. "

"Kurt, stop being romantic, You are about the dumbest shit I've ever met, With that, she brought my knucles up to her mouth and kissed them absently, She was still gazing off into the north sea, 'The things you're looking for are right under your nose!' Turn your fool head, she hollered, " I'm giving this abecause through most of the book, I was riveted in suspense, and only put it down because I had to get some sleep! It was a fast read.
However, the ending seemed confused to me I wasn't as clear about what was going on as I had been through the rest of the book, I think that may have been because I didn't get to read it all the way through in one sitting, not through any fault in the writing, I'd be interested to hear what someone else thinks, This mystery is about finding Casey, a girl who went missing at a party late one evening, Her brother, Kurt, is desperate to find answers, and throughout the story, different individuals are interviewed by Lutz, a cop at the local police department, about their side of the story.
Lots of secrets are uncovered, and plenty of information is dispelled, which all comes together by the end of the novel, PlumUcci keeps the reader guessing as they try and discover the unknown,

I thought that this book had the potential to be great, but failed due to multiple reasons, I had a hard time connecting to the main character, I didn't understand who he was until far too late, The author is somewhat all over the place I had a hard time when she jumped from one scenario to the next, and it was as if she was just letting her mind take the story to different places in a relatively unorganized manner.
There was a bit of language, but it was not terrible, There is a bit of sexual content as well, and some difficult matters that the characters deal with, but I felt that it still was an appropriate read, It was not my favorite novel, and i will probably never pick up another book written by this author, but I did like the mysterious element that was conveyed, She kept me guessing. ed by Mark Frye, author and reviewer for TeensReadToo, com

Carol PlumUcci is a phenomenal writer who mixes elements of thrillers, mysteries, and problem novels with great success, In her latest, THE NIGHT MY SISTER WENT MISSING, she covers familiar territory from earlier novels without costing the story a suspenseful edge or satisfying conclusion, With her usual cast of sympathetic characters, readers are drawn into the story and feel as if they have a stake in the outcome,

The narrator, Kurt Carmody, learns the details of his sister's disappearance while eavesdropping on an interrogation room at police headquarters, Although there were many people there when Casey Carmody vanished, including Kurt himself, each witness' testimony is limited by personal bias against the main suspect, Stacy Kearn, Stacy and her father appear to be guilty of several crimes as well as an assortment of inappropriate personality quirks, Yet readers are wise not to rush to judgment in the story, No one and nothing is as it appears, neither those under suspicion for Casey's disappearance nor those who rush to help her and claim innocence, Like her earlier novels, particularly THE BODY OF CHRISTOPHER CREED and WHAT HAPPENED TO LANI GARVER, PlumUcci creates a realistic sense of community guilt for the mysterious, tragic events in
the lives of teenagers.
Those who are viewed as outsiders and are made to feel unwelcome suffer for the intolerance of others, This message rings through the novels closing chapters without overpowering the reader,

As in previous novels, the author tackles community myths and legends in order to show that there's usually a logical reason behind socalled paranormal events, Although the ghost of a suicide victim is given shortplay in this novel, this subplot is engaging enough to leave the reader in doubt about the nature of Casey's disappearance until the novel's conclusion.
There may be no better mystery writer in today's market for maintaining tension without sacrificing realistic endings than Ms, PlumUcci.

Five. Highly recommended. When his sister goes missing under mysterious circumstances, seventeenyearold Kurt spends a night at the local police station overhearing statements from a variety of witnesses that reveal the deep prejudices and shocking secrets of his small beach community.
Summary from library catalog

This author always writes interesting stories, This is no exception. The entire book takes place over one night and reveals a lot of secrets about this small community, The insight into teenage friendships or are they really feels accurate,

School Library Journal:
UpIt's the middle of the night in a small New Jersey beach town, and Kurt Carmody,, has questions about what happened minutes ago at the pier, when a shot was heard and hisyearold sister, Casey, plunged or dove off and disappeared.
Why did erratic Stacy Kearney bring a gun to the pierand why are so many of Kurt's friends eager to point the finger at her What does any of it have to do with rumors that Stacy is pregnant and that Casey's boyfriend may be the father, or that Stacy's pig of a father is a blight on the town and her rich mother a cheating drug addict Kurt's hourbyhour narration takes readers from the town's police station to the pitchblack beach, where choppers search the waters.
In classic crimefiction style, Kurt pieces together the night, eavesdropping on statements, questioning key figures, and trying to make sense of Stacy's increasingly disturbing backstoryall the while questioning human nature, his friendships, and his posthighschool plans.
PlumUcci struggles with pace early on, and her supporting characters are onedimensional, While the mystery is engrossing and the dramatic ending satisfying, if overdone, it is Kurt's emotional growth that forms the heart of the story and has the most to offer readers.
Fans of the author's novels or crime fiction in general will welcome this addition to the genre, This book was fabulous!!! It kept me on the edge of my seat from the very beginning to the very end! This book is all about a boy named Kurt.
One summer night Kurt and his younger sister,Casey go to a party on the beach, Just a typical summer night until they find out that someone brought a gun, A loaded gun. Kurt doesn't really care about it until he hears it go off along with the scream of his sister's name,
The book is all about Kurt and his desperate attempt to find his sister, Throughout this book you will hear Kurt's thoughts on who fired the gun and why, Along the way deep dark secrets of the suspects will be revealed getting Kurt closer and closer to his answers,
When I saw this book, and read the back of it, I thought that this would be a book that I would love to read because I love mystery.
But I was very underwhelmed with this book, I found the book very hard to follow and for it being a mystery, there was little suspense

and thrill, This book was a fun, single day read but nothing more,

The story line was overdeveloped and the writing was a bit heavyhanded, Some of the small details I found hard to believe like a high school senior who suddenly finds his romantic side while his sister is missing/presumed dead like how the entire plot hinges on the fact that the protagonist hears every single witness statement like how the "surprise angel" of the story kills herself knowing full well she was not under suspicion and that her rapist would be caught like how the rapist is a relative who is clearly in poor physical condition.


Don't get me wrong, some of the details got me by surprise and I WANTED to know how it ended, This would be a solid B summer blockbuster, and they do have a time and place, A tiny pistol, passed from friend to friend at a party on an abandoned pier, suddenly fires, and Casey Carmody falls into the water below, Kurt, Casey's older brother, endures a seemingly endless night at the police station while the coast guard searches for his sister and his friends are questioned, one by one,     Who was foolish enough to pull the trigger Was the gunfire accidental or deliberate Or was the whole drama one of Casey's practical jokes And where is Caseyor her bodynow    Dark secrets are revealed and petty jealousies rear their ugly heads as each eyewitness comes to the questioning room with his or her own version of "the truth.
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  It's been a long time since I've given a book only two, but, . . this wasn't good. I actually can't believe I bothered to finish it, but it was short one might say rushed, and I just kept thinking that this was the woman who wrote The Body of Christopher Creed one of my favorite YA mysteries of all time and surely it was going to get better.


Normally I like mysteries that center around interrogation scenes, but it was just boring here, I had a hard time staying with it at the beginning, not really caring what happened until I got near the middle, It starts off with characters talking in cliches, unfortunate dialogue tags he blared, she droned, and wonky narration: why did Kurt try to define the word "barnacle" Would've been appropriate in an Animorphs book, not here.
The themes and characters seem like they were directly taken from Christopher Creed and stripped of every nuance that made them compelling, The missing girl in this novel Casey Carmody even has the same initials as Chris,

Just when the story starts to get interesting in the psychology of its characters, some twist or melodrama happens, Kurt's foresight for certain events is weird and the sudden metafictional elements "Am I the only person on this goddamned island with any imagination Give me an ending I couldn't predict, please!"are random and distracting.
And then the whole last page where you find out this is yet another selfbegetting novel, except that it was all "true" and then Kurt says something completely inane and nonsensical about surf and peace, while saying that maybe the writing was crappy because he just suddenly decided he wanted to write like his daddy and he's just a beginner so cut him some slack.
And all I have to say is, why, Carol PlumUcci, why What are you trying to say with this Is this your way of apologizing for this horribly constructed book I don't get it.


Also, in my opinion, books about incest are so much better when the incest A isn't this huge shocking, deep dark secret, B isn't onesided and treated as a crime with a teenage girl being the victim, and C is more importantly a physical manifestation of some larger psychological or symbolic issue.
I feel like the way it was done here was just a story that's been told in YA lit a hundred times before, To PlumUcci's credit, no, I didn't quite predict the ending she gave us, but that was not a good thing, Also the title character was not fleshed out at all, I don't think I'll be reading her new book,

Grade: C.