The Vanishing Stair
by Maureen Johnson
Taste attributes: mysteryteencrimethrillerfastheavyintricatelinearenclosedemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemsrescue/escape/jeopardycoming of age
Boxlist takeAn intimate mystery, heavy rather than light. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.8 / 5
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About This Book
WHERE DO YOU LOOK FOR SOMEONE WHO'S NEVER REALLY THERE? The Truly Devious case--an unsolved kidnapping and triple murder that rocked Ellingham Academy in 1916--has consumed Stevie Bell for years. It's the very reason she came to the academy. But then her classmate Hayed Major was murdered, and though she identified his killer, her parents quickly pull her out of school. For her safety, they say.
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- Author
- Maureen Johnson
- Published
- 2019
- Pages
- 388
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- Open Library
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