The Things We Don't See

"The year is 1987 and the sleepy village of Sandown Bay is waking up . . ." To its residents, Sandown is home - a tiny village holiday resort in the western United States. To everyone else, it's a minuscule island, that brings tourists in summer and not a lot else the rest of the time. To Mona Perry, it's a mystery. Thirty-four years ago, promising singer and Sandown resident Roxy Raines went missing, and was never found. The people of the island are still reluctant to talk about it, claiming Roxy was simply a runaway, but the evidence doesn't quite add up. Mona is convinced something else is going on. Armed only with a suitcase and a microphone - to record her findings for the general public - this runaway teenager is determined to get to the bottom of the disappearance. But as Mona gets drawn deeper and deeper into the strange goings on of this isolated community, it is clear that nothing is as it seems - not even Mona's own past. Some things are meant to disappear . . .

Report

A beautifully written mystery with a host of fascinating characters, Savannah Brown's new book explores loss - on both the people and the places left behind - and comments on our fascination with true crime in a fresh and thought-provoking way. Vincent Ralph, author of Are You Watching?

Product details

• Authors: Savannah Brown
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 12 to 16
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9780241346327
• ISBN: 978-0-241-34632-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Young people's books from 12 years of age; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Law & Crime, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Parents, Romance & relationships stories (Children's / Teenage), Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Interest age: from c 12 years, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / LGBTQ+, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories