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Summary
Kendall loves her life in small town Cryer¹s Cross, Montana, but she also longs for something more. She knows the chances of going to school in New York are small, but she's not the type to give up easily. Even though it will mean leaving Nico, the world's sweetest boyfriend, behind.
But when Cryer's Cross is rocked by unspeakable tragedy, Kendall shoves her dreams aside and focuses on just one goal: help find her missing friends. Even if it means spending time with the one boy she shouldn't get close to... the one boy who makes her question everything she feels for Nico.
Determined to help and to stay true to the boy she's always loved, Kendall keeps up the search--and stumbles upon some frightening local history. She knows she can't stop digging, but Kendall is about to find out just how far the townspeople will go to keep their secrets buried....
Author Notes
Lisa McMann was born in Holland, Michigan on February 27, 1968. Her works include the Wake Trilogy, The Unwanteds series, Cryer's Cross, Dead to You, Crash, and the Infinity Ring series.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 7 Up-There's a secret in the small Montana community of Cryer's Cross that is killing teens. Tiffany disappears first and after hunting everywhere for her, the community regroups and moves on. Kendall is stunned when her best friend, Nico, goes missing without a trace at the beginning of the next school year. After Nico's disappearance, Kendall recalls that he grew more and more distant in the days before he vanished. Kendall discovers that Nico and Tiffany both sat at the same desk before they disappeared, and now she begins to hear voices coming from that desk. Kendall suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and begins to think that the condition is finally making her go crazy. But the lure of the voices is too strong and Kendall follows them until she uncovers a lot more than she bargained for. Latino newcomers to town are suspected in the disappearances in this close knit community and Kendall doesn't know whom to trust. Julia Whelan reads Lisa McMann's thriller (Simon Pulse, 2011) that combines mystery, ghosts, and romance in a straightforward yet easygoing manner that nicely offsets the building tension as the mystery unfolds. For fans of the supernatural and vampire stories.-Joan Kindig, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Kendall Fletcher is a smalltown Montana high school senior with obsessive-compulsive disorder, waiting to hear if she's been accepted into Juilliard. At the same time, she's deeply concerned over the strange disappearance of two of her classmates. Both the story and Julia Whelan's narration are at their best when focusing on the more realistic aspects of Kendall's life. Whelan's very young, fragile voice is a good fit for the teen protagonist, and she puts feeling and warmth into Kendall's dealings with friends and adults. Her descriptions of Kendall's soccer games are lively and energetic, and the moments in which her heroine obeys her compulsions are handled with sensitivity. But the supernatural aspects, which seem to belong to another book entirely, and not an especially good one, give Whelan difficulties-particularly the voices of the doomed teens, which even Meryl Streep would have trouble interpreting. A Simon Pulse hardcover. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
When two schoolmates disappear, Kendall, who has OCD, notices a clue others don't: messages from the missing kids scratched into a school desk. Kendall's investigations into the desk's origin uncover a decades-old tragedy at a nearby reform school--but not before she nearly succumbs herself. Kendall's compulsions, anxiety, and complex relationships are more believable than the premise of a possessed desk enticing teens to suicide. (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Kendall is a senior in a one-room high school where last spring Tiffany, a freshman, disappeared. Now it is the start of a new year, and Kendall's boyfriend, Nico the only one who truly understood Kendall's OCD has gone missing, too. While compelled to straighten the desks before class one morning, Kendall discovers that Nico's desk was also Tiffany's desk. This seems like more than a coincidence, but Kendall is afraid that people will think she is crazy. The town's dark past is a well-kept secret, and though she doesn't want to admit it, Kendall will need the help of brooding newcomer Jacian if she is going to find Nico. Kendall is a unique character, and the details of her OCD compulsions are well drawn. Haunting passages from another world, which provide just enough detail to intrigue and disturb readers, are intertwined with Kendall's story. Part mystery, part ghost story, and part romance, this book has enough to satisfy a variety of readers and will find popularity with McMann's established fan base and new readers alike.--Yusko, Shauna Copyright 2010 Booklist
Library Journal Review
This latest offering by McMann (the "Wake Trilogy") features Kendall Fletcher, a senior dealing with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), who's spooked by the strange disappearance of two classmates in her one-room Montana high school. One of the missing was Nico, her boyfriend and confidante since childhood, who sat next to her at a 50-year-old desk she comes to think is possessed. A budding romance with a new student helps Kendall keep her equilibrium for a while, until she begins to unravel. Verdict Julia Whelan reads McMann's staccato sentences clearly and brings Kendall to life as a sensible teenager plunged into a bizarre situation. While McMann builds the suspense and provides a convincing characterization of Kendall, her OCD coping strategies, and her life on the family farm, the story unexpectedly veers off into the supernatural, making the ending feel contrived. McMann's young adult fans may be disappointed this time. [The Simon Pulse pb will publish in December.-Ed.]-Nancy R. Ives, SUNY at Geneseo (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.