This was so good that as soon as I finished reading this one, I ordered all the rest in the series! It's about a 15 yr old girl named Janie Johnson who while she was drinking a carton of milk at lunch stopped when she saw the missing child picture on it. It was her. This book follows her struggle as she tries to figure out what to do. I highly recommend this book! So good! ( )

Alright But a lot of unneeded info. ( )

"Först tänkte Janie inte så mycket på bilden av den lilla saknade flickan. Hon var bara ett av de många barn som försvunnit spårlöst och som nu efterlystes av sina förtvivlade föräldrar. Janie hade sett hundratals liknande bilder förut.
Men plötsligt slog det henne. Hon kände igen den där lilla flickan, som enligt texten försvunnit tolv år tidigare i ett köpcentrum. Och hon kände igen den prickiga klänningen! Den klänningen hade varit Janies älsklingsplagg ...
Det hela verkade så otroligt, som en hemsk mardröm, men hon kunde inte komma ifrån tanken. Flickan på bilden var hon själv."

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I was really looking forward to this book. Had a great premise–what if you saw that the missing person was you. But it’s only about 45% mystery and the other part is romance teen-dating, dealing with friends and crushes and other high school drama. And it comprises so much of the book too. You can bet that if I saw my face on a milk carton, I’d be dedicating 100% of my time to figuring it out. That’d be all I could think about — no time for boys or anything else. Plus it’s shoehorned in–these are two themes that don’t go together. So jarring, you could literally mark where one story changes to the other.

Besides the disconnected theming, the characters just aren’t likable. Besides the fact that the main character does as much pining for who’s-his-face as detective work, she seems barely motivated to do anything. Just concerned about college and high school, but not much beyond that. And there’s no ending. It’s a cliffhanger (except the cliff is three feet up) that’s so dull it feels like the author just ran out of paper.

Don’t be fooled by the fascinating premise. It’s not at all satisfying to read. ( )