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Violence
Some
Violence connected to a criminal conspiracy; a missing girl; deaths
Language
Some
Moderate language; YA register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild; teenage romance
Substance Use
Some
Moderate; some characters have substance problems; high school culture
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong; grief for a father in the immediate aftermath; the conspiracy as something Mickey's family is already inside; what a teenage boy does with the tools his detective uncle taught him
What this book is about
The first book in Coben's YA series following Myron Bolitar's nephew Mickey: Mickey's father has just died, his mother is in rehab, and he's been sent to live with his uncle Myron in the New Jersey suburbs. When the girl he likes disappears from his high school, Mickey investigates — and uncovers something connected to the conspiracy that cost his father his life. Coben translates his adult thriller formula into YA with considerable success.
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