Missing

by Michele Sobel Spirn

Sam's constant lying makes it hard for people to believe him when he claims his dad has been kidnapped. With the help of his best friend, Josh, Sam gets closer and closer to the truth, but also closer to danger.

Paperback

First published August 1, 2006

About the author

Michele Sobel Spirn has written and published over 40 books for children. She began her writing career at age 16 when she won a state essay contest. Her prize included a trip to Washington, D.C. to meet the President. Throughout her career, she has had writing jobs in public relations as well as freelance work in educational publishing, mass market and trade publishing. She became interested in writing for children when she and her husband had a son. Influenced by the work of children’s book authors Arnold Lobel and James Marshall, among others, she wrote The Know-Nothings, an “I Can Read” book about four foolish friends. The Know-Nothings series now includes four books about the silly four--Morris, Boris, Doris and Norris--and their dog, Floris. Her love of mysteries has led her to create three middle-grade mysteries about the Bridges family, The Bridges in London, The Bridges in Paris, and The Bridges in Edinburgh. Michele also enjoys writing biographies (Against the Odds: Jackie Joyner-Kersee), young adult novels (Racing Against the Light, Wait Till The Midnight Hour) and nonfiction (Cold-Blooded Creatures, Birth Celebrations, New Year Celebrations). Her latest book is an “I Can Read” book, I Am The Turkey. Michele teaches creative writing at New York University and the New School University. She has a B.A. degree from Syracuse University and an MFA degree in creative writing from the New School University.

Reviews

[Tasneem Ashraf · Rating 3 out of 5]

خفيفه وممتعه *-*⁦♥️⁩

[Samiha Ahmed · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember back when I was 15 or 16 trying to improve my English skills, i used to read this book in my school's library.

[Fernando Moronta · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like this book because its a mystery.It is about a boy and his mom thats looking for the dad because someone kidnaped there dad.One example is they are also trying to find the kidnapers who kidnaped the dad.Another examples is when he got into his house everything was tost around and it was messed up.

I recomend this book to sebastion because he likes mystery books just like me.Also because he read a book like this too.Another reason that i would recomend this book to sebastion is because him and i are like the two boys JOSH and SAM in missing.


One challenge of this book was to perdict what was going to happen next.That was a challenge because there was so many mysterys to answer and door to open.thats why i like this book so much and thats why i had that challenge.

The theme of my book was the mom and son had to find there kidnapped dad.The lesson was your not always sure who is a bad guy or a good guy.

[Ariyana · Rating 5 out of 5]

So far i think this book is very good. This book is about a boy named Sam who lies all the time and has parents that have recently divorced and he is taking it hard. And one day Sam is riding his bike to his dads house on his way there from school and when he gets there he finds that his father is being taken away from his house in handcuffs by to guys and the his father sees Sam and just starts to whistle and then he gets in the car and drives off with the two men. Sam happens to get a glimpse of the license plate and writes it down. Sam later finds out hat the song his dad was whistling is a song called "HELP!" so now Sam has to find a way to save his dad.

[Tricia S · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was great because it always kept me hanging and was very suspenseful. This book is about a boy named Sam and he always lies to everyone and everyone dislikes him because of it. One day, his parents split up and he gets really sad about that. But, he handles it well. Also, his dad gets kidnapped by the Delta Corp. and he tries to find him with his best friend, Josh!

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book hits home on why it is important to tell the truth even when you got caught doing something wrong. The situation that the main character gets into is scary and because of that, you want to keep on reading to find out what happens.

[Deshawn]

The first thing I like about this book is that its a good book, because it got a lot of adventures in it. Its good because it get interesting in the middle of the book because they take away the dad and never give him back. But sam and friend went to to go save him.

[KEISHA MARSHALL · Rating 3 out of 5]

sam was a lying boy so when his dad went missing every one though it was a lie so he was getting clues to try to find his dad and he did.

[Dawny'e · Rating 3 out of 5]

I quit because i really didnt understand it,it would say one thing then next chapter talk about something way different

[Dscott · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think the book was good. It was all about this boy. He lie too much. He find out his dad is missing. He tried to tell people, but no one believed him because he lie too much.

[Arhamalrowmeim · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book always remind me of someone who always lies to everyone . when he saw a woman catching his freind's sister and take the girl with her

[Eyerusalem]

i think this book will be very interesting!!!

[Sama · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very light and easy I highly recommend for beginners
خفيفة و سهلة اشرحها وبشدة للمبتدئين