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Last Seen Leaving

by Caleb ROEHRIG
1 MP3-CD. 10:18 hrs. Brilliance. Jan. 2017. $9.99. ISBN 9781536649444.
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Gr 9 Up—Flynn has a problem. A couple of them, in fact. First of all, he is afraid to reveal to his family and friends that he is gay. Second, his ex-girlfriend January is missing. January's mom has married a powerful senatorial candidate, and they took her out of public school, away from all her friends. In the past few weeks she had distanced herself from Flynn and her Riverside classmates. Now she has disappeared. Has she run away, been kidnapped, or worse? Narrator Josh Hurley makes all of the characters believable, especially Flynn and January but also January's parents, friends, and frenemies. The story grabs and holds listeners' attention almost immediately.
VERDICT This thriller with a nonpreachy message regarding concerns relevant to teens is a good option for most YA collections. ["A fun mystery with a credible emotional pull; a general purchase for most YA collections": SLJ 10/16 review of the Feiwel book.]
Reviewed by Ann Brownson, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston , May 01, 2017

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