Disappearance

by Jude Watson

Book Overview

After her mother's death, Gracie's premonitions hit very close to home when her long-lost father returns with some secrets buried deep in his past. By the author of Premonitions. Original. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439696887
• ISBN13: 9780439696883
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.3" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Shanice's Review

Do you like suspicion? Mysteries? Well, Jude Watson book, Disappearance: Apremonitions Mystery is the book you should read. It has drama, suspense, and mysteries. The setting of this story is in the fall time, and the main characters are Gracie, a sixteen-year-old, Shay, Gracie's anut, Joe, Shay's business partner,and Diego, Gracie's cousin. Gracie never knew her father, who disappeared when she was little and was never heard from again. Now, after her mother's death, he's back, with some dark secrets. The problem is that Gracie wants to solve a mystery that started when she and her cousin's friends poke around and discover a dead body in the lake nearby. Jude Watson is the best-selling author of the Jedi Apperentice and Jedi Quest series. Disappearance: A Premonitions Mystery is the second Premonitions mystery. The parts in the book that I really like are the parts at the end of the chapter, because it gives a foreshadowing of what would happen in the next chapter, and it gave me a good suspense. I recommend this book for anybody who loves suspense and mystery books and foreshadowing, because it has a lot of it in the book and this book should be only read by people who love Jude Watson books or people who just love mystery and suspense.

An outstanding mystery...

I was a big fan of the original Premonitions novel, and had originally figured that Jordan Cray would have a difficult time topping herself. Sequels that outstrip their successors are so rare and hard to come by, it's such a refreshing breath of fresh air to find a novel that meets and exceeds all the expectations held by fans of the original, while at the same time maintaining the overall tone and feel of the original. Gracie is still the quiet but intelligent leading gal that she was the first time around, and her visions are still going to get her in trouble. Like all good sequels though, Disappearance raises the stakes, and Gracie's father reappears after thirteen years of absence around the same time as a dead body is uncovered in the water and Gracie's island home is turned upside down. With the help of her computer hacker friend Ryan, (man, he sure seems like a cool guy, and he's so nice too!) Gracie's visions make her the only person who has a chance to simultaneously get to the bottom of both mysteries. Disappearance was a wonderful, unpredictable thrill ride all the way through, full of brilliant twists and turns and equally brilliant and well-drawn characters. The two main story arcs of the book - Gracie and her father, and Gracie and the murder - intertwine slowly but ingeniously, and where they take the reader, you won't know until the very last minute. A terrific read, and a book that I would strongly reccomend to everyone.

A sequel even better than the original

Gracie from PREMONITIONS has returned with her visions. This time, though, she sees a murder from the murderer's eyes. If that isn't creepy enough, Gracie's father comes back into her life after 13 years of not seeing or hearing from him. She's still struggling with grief from her mother's death two years ago, and adjusting to living with her aunt Shay and cousin Diego. With all this going on, Gracie is determined to solve the murder plaguing her senses. She tries going where the victim went to catch a vision from things he touched, with startling success. But each time she uncovers a clue, the danger moves closer to her --- and she accidentally unearths secrets about her father, her aunt, and her past. Visions do not solve all these issues, but she learns to let them lead her in the right direction. Diego and Shay are supportive of Gracie's efforts, even as she considers going to live with her father. But who is he? Gracie's dad becomes another mystery to solve. DISAPPEARANCE is a definite page-turner. Readers will be drawn into the mysteries around Gracie and her community as they follow her unexpected visions. This is a rare case of the sequel being even better than the original. The series is gaining momentum and hopefully will continue. --- Reviewed by Amy Alessio