Girl, Missing Review

I was recently reading a book called Girl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie (on my Amazon Kindle Touch, which I have a review on http://khadijasdays.blogspot.com/2011/12/amazon-kindle-touch-review.html) I only finished it yesterday but decided to do a review on what I think of it.

The story is based in North London, and the main character is a girl called Lauren Mathews who was adopted at the age of 3 years old. However, Lauren's adoptive parents have often talked to her about being adopted, particularly when she was younger. But they had never told her about her real mother or about the events before she had been adopted. They only mentioned that her real mother loved her very much, why did she give Lauren away for adoption then?

Lauren is more determined and keen to learn about what happened before she was 3 years old. And one day with her best mate Jam, they both stumble across a missing children website and sees a girl called Martha Lauren Purditt, who is the same age as her and has similar facial features. Lauren is sure it is her, but this girl went missing in America, this sets Laurens head buzzing and she constantly wants to know more.

Furthermore, after an enormous effort of persuading her parents to go on holiday to America (so she can find out more about this girl) Lauren encounters old enemies, meets new friends, and has the most bizarre experience of her life. She also is left stranded 20 miles from the closest city in the middle of no where, and finds out some information that could drastically change her life forever.

Overall, I found this book very gripping, and very hard to put down. Its use of language and the way it is written really brings you into the book. Also, the theme of the story is very unusual and you can relate it to real life. I would strongly recommend this book to anybody, particularly girls and boys around the age of 11 and upwards. On the other hand, there is another book which comes after it called Sister, Missing and I will be getting my hands on it shortly and hopefully doing a review on that too! But I hope you enjoy Girl, Missing as much as I did and Sophie McKenzie has many other books if you prefer a different type of read.