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School Library Journal
Starred Review on February 1, 2014 | Grades 9 and Up
Gr 9 Up—In this suspenseful and thrilling murder mystery, high school junior Nearly Boswell is struggling to get by in a Washington, DC trailer park with her single mother, who works the night shift at a local strip club. Any chance she has of escaping her miserable life is dependent on a highly competitive scholarship for which she and her best friend are vying against each other. Everything is going according to plan until Nearly spots an eerie personal ad in the local newspaper-an ad that ends up being a clue in the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2014
"Newton was wrong. We clash with yellow. Find me tonight under the bleachers." High school senior Nearly "Leigh" Boswell's suspicions that there's something sinister about the Missed Connections ad in the newspaper are confirmed when a classmate is found unconscious under a rival school's gym bleachers, the number ten written on h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
High school senior Nearly "Leigh" Boswell's suspicions that there's something sinister about the Missed Connections ad in the newspaper...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
