Missing Mom

by Lynn Slaughter.

A dual-timeline novel. In the present, Noelle’s mother has disappeared. Police think she drowned herself, but there’s no body and Noelle is sure she wouldn’t have committed suicide. Meanwhile, why does her six-year-old sister Whitney not want to spend time alone with their father?

Nineteen years earlier, against her parents’ wishes, Savannah married her boyfriend right after high school. But married life did not turn out as she hoped, as he turns controlling and abusive.

These two story lines converge in a fast-paced novel addressing difficult themes, challenging for adults as well as YA readers.