Disappearance of Amanda Wrenn, The - Softcover

Some secrets grow stronger--and more dangerous--with time.

"A classic spine-tingler with a truly modern heroine."
--Stacy DeKeyser, One Witch at a Time

"The Disappearance of Amanda Wrenn combines equal parts ghost story, puzzling mystery, and creepy happenings to create an engaging adventure that will keep pages turning to the very tense end. Well-defined, three-dimensional characters and terrific Maine settings combine to give a moving sense of reality to even the spookiest moments. I honestly loved it."
--Jan Fields, Ghost Light Burning

Lou is trying to forget. She doesn't want to remember the tragic and sudden deaths of her sister and father, and she hopes that moving to the small town of Somerville with her mother will be the new start she needs. But like Lou, Somerville has secrets of its own.

Why is it that Amanda Wrenn, a girl who disappeared when she was thirteen, looks exactly like Lou's dead sister? And the sinister visions suddenly torturing Lou's mind show tragedies she never experienced.

Lou is prepared to do anything she can to solve the mystery of Amanda's disappearance, but she's running out of time . . . and if the puzzle isn't solved soon, she might have to pay with her own life.

Award-winning children's-book author Joyce A. Stengel's passion for mysteries dates back to her childhood fascination with Nancy Drew books. Stengel's previous titles include St. Patrick and the Three Brave Mice, published by Pelican, and Aladdin Scholastic Book Fair Choices Mystery of the Island Jewels and Mystery at Kittiwake Bay. She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.