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Missing Since Monday
Maggie's taking care of her four-year-old sister for a week. On Monday morning, she puts Courtenay on the bus to school. That afternoon, Courtenay doesn't come home. She never made it to school that day. She's missing.
The detectives looking for Courtenay have hardly any clues. Then Maggie starts getting threatening phone calls...and she thinks she's being followed. Whoever took Courtenay is after her, too.
One thing's for sure: If the police don't find Courtenay soon, Maggie will be the next one missing.
The detectives looking for Courtenay have hardly any clues. Then Maggie starts getting threatening phone calls...and she thinks she's being followed. Whoever took Courtenay is after her, too.
One thing's for sure: If the police don't find Courtenay soon, Maggie will be the next one missing.
176 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
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About the author
Ann M. Martin
1,101 books3,053 followersAnn Matthews Martin was born on August 12, 1955. She grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, with her parents and her younger sister, Jane. After graduating from Smith College, Ann became a teacher and then an editor of children's books. She's now a full-time writer.
Ann gets the ideas for her books from many different places. Some are based on personal experiences, while others are based on childhood memories and feelings. Many are written about contemporary problems or events. All of Ann's characters, even the members of the Baby-sitters Club, are made up. But many of her characters are based on real people. Sometimes Ann names her characters after people she knows, and other times she simply chooses names that she likes.
Ann has always enjoyed writing. Even before she was old enough to write, she would dictate stories to her mother to write down for her. Some of her favorite authors at that time were Lewis Carroll, P. L. Travers, Hugh Lofting, Astrid Lindgren, and Roald Dahl. They inspired her to become a writer herself.
Since ending the BSC series in 2000, Ann’s writing has concentrated on single novels, many of which are set in the 1960s.
After living in New York City for many years, Ann moved to the Hudson Valley in upstate New York where she now lives with her dog, Sadie, and her cats, Gussie, Willy and Woody. Her hobbies are reading, sewing, and needlework. Her favorite thing to do is to make clothes for children.
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Ann gets the ideas for her books from many different places. Some are based on personal experiences, while others are based on childhood memories and feelings. Many are written about contemporary problems or events. All of Ann's characters, even the members of the Baby-sitters Club, are made up. But many of her characters are based on real people. Sometimes Ann names her characters after people she knows, and other times she simply chooses names that she likes.
Ann has always enjoyed writing. Even before she was old enough to write, she would dictate stories to her mother to write down for her. Some of her favorite authors at that time were Lewis Carroll, P. L. Travers, Hugh Lofting, Astrid Lindgren, and Roald Dahl. They inspired her to become a writer herself.
Since ending the BSC series in 2000, Ann’s writing has concentrated on single novels, many of which are set in the 1960s.
After living in New York City for many years, Ann moved to the Hudson Valley in upstate New York where she now lives with her dog, Sadie, and her cats, Gussie, Willy and Woody. Her hobbies are reading, sewing, and needlework. Her favorite thing to do is to make clothes for children.
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August 28, 2020
Yesterday I was going through books that I've already read to decide which ones I might read again and which ones I'm getting rid of. I have 5 boxes of books that I'm donating to various Little Libraries. Most books were easy to decide if I was keeping or not but a few were so nostalgic that I decided to reread them and then donate them. This book is the first.
I remember buying this book at Book Fair at my school when I was in 4th grade. I hadn't thought about this book in well over 20 years. I didn't expect much from this book but man it was surprisingly good and kind of dark. I'm sure I only bought it because it was written by Ann M Martin who is most famous for The Baby-sitter's Club an all time classic book series.
Missing Since Monday is about a missing 4 year old girl and her sisters frantic search for her. I was shocked at how dark this book was, I mean its not dark for a children's book now a days but this book was published in 1986...I was a few months old.
Would I recommend this?
Only to people around my age and older. This was a pure nostalgia read. I don't think kids today would get much out of it but I enjoyed it!
I remember buying this book at Book Fair at my school when I was in 4th grade. I hadn't thought about this book in well over 20 years. I didn't expect much from this book but man it was surprisingly good and kind of dark. I'm sure I only bought it because it was written by Ann M Martin who is most famous for The Baby-sitter's Club an all time classic book series.
Missing Since Monday is about a missing 4 year old girl and her sisters frantic search for her. I was shocked at how dark this book was, I mean its not dark for a children's book now a days but this book was published in 1986...I was a few months old.
Would I recommend this?
Only to people around my age and older. This was a pure nostalgia read. I don't think kids today would get much out of it but I enjoyed it!
May 7, 2015
Wonderfully written; an even more wonderful story.
I chose 4 out of 5 stars because even though it was beautifully written, I had some pet peeves with it. I understand this is an older book, but in majority of it, the way mental health is looked at didn't make me happy. It made me feel like the characters that had some "issues" we're looked at as complete freaks. However, this is one of my favorite books. Wonderful storyline, I would of never guess that that person did it! Even after my first suspect was not it!!
I chose 4 out of 5 stars because even though it was beautifully written, I had some pet peeves with it. I understand this is an older book, but in majority of it, the way mental health is looked at didn't make me happy. It made me feel like the characters that had some "issues" we're looked at as complete freaks. However, this is one of my favorite books. Wonderful storyline, I would of never guess that that person did it! Even after my first suspect was not it!!
October 15, 2021
I would really really like to re read this. I think I wrote a book report when I was in primary school. My favourite childhood author who introduced me to my love of words. Makes me smile.
January 13, 2024
missing since monday was one of my surprise books for my library's winter reading challenge* and while i didn't hate it, it was very lackluster. i didn't connect to it and didn't feel any sense of urgency despite the events. i did like how soft the pages were
*books have construction paper hiding the covers. they're numbered and you roll a d10 to see which book you get. it's very fun
*books have construction paper hiding the covers. they're numbered and you roll a d10 to see which book you get. it's very fun
June 8, 2023
Dated MG novel that kids today won’t understand (parents going away for a week leaving teens to babysit sister, no cameras on every corner, no cell phones, no helicopter parents).
October 31, 2024
(3.5 rounded up)
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December 21, 2015Personal response:
I like this book because it really gets you thinking. This book is a book i did not want to set down. Even reading this book more than one time still confuses you until you get to the end.
Plot Summary:
This book is a mystery book. It is about a 6 year old girl who is abducted. The possibilities were endless on who would have took her but who actually took her was very shocking. it take about three weeks to find out who took her.
Recommendation:
This book is good for 5th grade and up. It is more of a book for girls. I think it is a good book because it grabs you into what is happening.
I like this book because it really gets you thinking. This book is a book i did not want to set down. Even reading this book more than one time still confuses you until you get to the end.
Plot Summary:
This book is a mystery book. It is about a 6 year old girl who is abducted. The possibilities were endless on who would have took her but who actually took her was very shocking. it take about three weeks to find out who took her.
Recommendation:
This book is good for 5th grade and up. It is more of a book for girls. I think it is a good book because it grabs you into what is happening.
July 30, 2015
I was cleaning my bookshelf at home a few days ago and I found this book that I absolutely adored as a child. Growing up, Ann Martin was my favorite children's book author along with Barbara Park. I totally forgot the ending to the book so I decided to read it again. :)
January 11, 2023
I read this as part of a challenge on GR. I could see teen girls liking this book, just as elementary girls love her Baby-Sitter Club series. As an adult, the writing and character development was pretty average, but overall an enjoyable little mystery that read in just a few hours.
March 5, 2014
it was a good book becuase the family really wants to find the youngest
September 22, 2019
It’s been almost 30 years since I first read this, but I wanted to give it another try because I remembered having mixed feelings but not being able to articulate why.
The fact that I still remember bits of this book decades later says something about Ann M. Martin’s writing, but while I was addicted to her Babysitters’ Club books, this lacks both their upbeat charm and the tension of the thrillers I inhaled at that age. Bad things happen in this book, but there’s never really a moment where Maggie might avoid or resist those things and either triumphs or fails.
Not to mention, it’s a painful snapshot of where we were as a culture in the mid-1980s: The fact that a creepy guy isn’t put off by the 16-year-old main character’s having a boyfriend and also bounces her four-year-old sister in his lap at every opportunity is seen as a reason why he’s bad news for Maggie but doesn’t put him under suspicion when the toddler goes missing or get flagged as molestation of either underage girl by the author or the cops, and the author doesn’t use the opportunity to call out that it’s wrong or give strategies for how the character (and readers in similar situations) should deal with it.
The fact that I still remember bits of this book decades later says something about Ann M. Martin’s writing, but while I was addicted to her Babysitters’ Club books, this lacks both their upbeat charm and the tension of the thrillers I inhaled at that age. Bad things happen in this book, but there’s never really a moment where Maggie might avoid or resist those things and either triumphs or fails.
Not to mention, it’s a painful snapshot of where we were as a culture in the mid-1980s: The fact that a creepy guy isn’t put off by the 16-year-old main character’s having a boyfriend and also bounces her four-year-old sister in his lap at every opportunity is seen as a reason why he’s bad news for Maggie but doesn’t put him under suspicion when the toddler goes missing or get flagged as molestation of either underage girl by the author or the cops, and the author doesn’t use the opportunity to call out that it’s wrong or give strategies for how the character (and readers in similar situations) should deal with it.
October 7, 2024
Missing since Monday by Ann. M. Martin
Do you love mystery books that could keep you avid? Well, I recommend you read this book because it is the bomb! I read this book in grade 11; although, most people read it in grade 4 or 5. I love the language, and how well she portrayed the life of Maggie and the mysteries that need to be solved.
The plot of the book starts with talking about the normal life of Maggie and her stepsister Courtenay.
Then a day came after Maggie had dropped Courtenay off at school and she did not return home. After hours of waiting for the bus to drop her off, Courtenay was found to be missing This came as a huge shock to Maggie. Maggie finally gathered the courage to tell her parents who helped to gather a search team for their daughter. After months of investigation, they finally got the culprit who kidnapped Courtenay which was Maggie's birth mom Jessica. This was the best part of the book.
I recommend this book for all ages as it doesn't contain any explicit scenes.it is an interesting book for children still trying to update their vocabulary.
Do you love mystery books that could keep you avid? Well, I recommend you read this book because it is the bomb! I read this book in grade 11; although, most people read it in grade 4 or 5. I love the language, and how well she portrayed the life of Maggie and the mysteries that need to be solved.
The plot of the book starts with talking about the normal life of Maggie and her stepsister Courtenay.
Then a day came after Maggie had dropped Courtenay off at school and she did not return home. After hours of waiting for the bus to drop her off, Courtenay was found to be missing This came as a huge shock to Maggie. Maggie finally gathered the courage to tell her parents who helped to gather a search team for their daughter. After months of investigation, they finally got the culprit who kidnapped Courtenay which was Maggie's birth mom Jessica. This was the best part of the book.
I recommend this book for all ages as it doesn't contain any explicit scenes.it is an interesting book for children still trying to update their vocabulary.
March 2, 2018
I... think I might have read this before? I remember the cover so vividly, and it's one of those books that is right up my alley. But I didn't think I had read it until now. Yet some of the details and plot points are pretty familiar to me. Is this a case of Ann M Martin tropes, or have I read it? I don't know.
I liked this book, it felt like it was different than AMM's usual fare. (Although there were some of her regular things: the Perkins family, dropping dinner and pretending there is another...) I liked the story, I thought it was interesting and exciting. (Which is why it's strange that I don't know if I've read it or not. I feel like I'd remember this, but I only remembered parts. Hmmm...)
Also: I hate the spelling of Courtenay's name, because I don't know if it's supposed to be pronounced "cor-ten-ay" or like "court-nee." For the record, I kept reading it like the former.
I liked this book, it felt like it was different than AMM's usual fare. (Although there were some of her regular things: the Perkins family, dropping dinner and pretending there is another...) I liked the story, I thought it was interesting and exciting. (Which is why it's strange that I don't know if I've read it or not. I feel like I'd remember this, but I only remembered parts. Hmmm...)
Also: I hate the spelling of Courtenay's name, because I don't know if it's supposed to be pronounced "cor-ten-ay" or like "court-nee." For the record, I kept reading it like the former.
April 28, 2020
In many ways this book is too real of some of the drama people go through and, unfortunately, the mishandling of these situations. It could be a good book to read with children, opening conversations about communication importance and "street smarts", like playing the "Lost" game - that the little girl didn't use any of those skills her brother & sister taught to call her family was weird. The exes and step-family dynamics were sad. The older brother & sister also should've been warned of the mental state of the mom since they had some communication with her. Definitely written for Juv/YA.
December 21, 2018
I read this book as a kid and wanted to see if it brought back any memories. My, how YA literature has changed. The storyline itself was a little fragmented. I never quite understood Brad’s storyline or the purpose of it. The kidnapping was told in an almost didactic, emotionless way. However, it was a quick read and made me think about how different the response to the kidnapping would be 30 years later. It’s crazy how much has changed.
May 7, 2017
I’ve never read a book by Ann M. Martin I didn’t like and Missing Since Monday is no exception. It was very emotional and quite the rollercoaster. I was not in the least surprised by who was making the phone calls, but I was a bit surprised by who took Courtenay, or at least why she was taken. I highly recommend this book to teen/YA fans.
January 10, 2024
This is the first novel I ever read at age 6 or 7. I then read the book again and again as a child and adolescent.
I remember it to be highly engrossing, and adrenaline-pumping, and showcased a very sweet bond between Maggie and Courtney. I just ordered a used copy online and will add more to this review once I read it again as an adult.
I remember it to be highly engrossing, and adrenaline-pumping, and showcased a very sweet bond between Maggie and Courtney. I just ordered a used copy online and will add more to this review once I read it again as an adult.
July 14, 2024
I wanted to re-read this as an adult. I remember taking this out from my elementary school library a lot. Some dark themes here but not in great detail- mentions child abuse, kidnapping and murder of a young child. I guess this book started my love of reading thrillers, watching dateline etc. Either way, still a fun read as an adult.
January 5, 2018
I love this book so much!! It made me realize that my favorite book series is Mystery!! I TOTALLY recommend, even though it has a lower lexile! :)))) I love how much Maggie and her family grow because of Courtenay being missing. I also love the hardships her family goes through to find Courtenay.
July 23, 2020
I've always liked Ann M. Martin's writing, big Baby Sitters Club fan when I was a teen. This one is hey style and actually had me guessing for a while. Plus, there was no overly sexual teenage scenes which I appreciate.
July 9, 2023
Your basic outdated 80s teen mystery book. Admittedly, I love these kinds of books because they're quick reads and I don't have to think. Equal parts predictable and farfetched. I do think it was rather progressive of AMM, in 1986, to include reference to trauma counseling! Love her.
January 15, 2018
Love Love Love Love Love this book. So amazing and tense and sweet. READ IT!!!!! 😍😍😍😍
January 22, 2018
Lettfordøyelig ungpikekrim.
December 24, 2018
A wonderfully written book! This book was a page turner only thing is I had it figure out who did it long before I should have. Will read others by her
December 28, 2018
Found a free copy at the Recycling Center. Nothing spectacular but an engaging read. Set in the '80s and feels very dated in the late 2010s!
March 9, 2019
One of my favorite books when I was younger
April 21, 2019
This read like the script to an after school special. It is incredible how far middle grade writing has come since the 80s.
March 15, 2020
Read it as a kid and going through my books decided top reread it. I don't recall what i thought the first time but it's an average read.
August 31, 2020
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November 11, 20210 stars. Absolutely terrible.
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