Disappeared

* A tense thriller elevated by Stork's nuanced writing and empathy for every character, including the villains -- superb. -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Four Months AgoSara Zapata's best friend disappeared, kidnapped by the web of criminals who terrorize Ju rez.Four Hours AgoSara received a death threat -- and with it, a clue to the place where her friend is locked away.Four Weeks AgoEmiliano Zapata fell in love with Perla Rubi, who will never be his so long as he's poor.Four Minutes AgoEmiliano got the chance to make more money than he ever dreamed -- just by joining the web.In the next four days, Sara and Emiliano will each face impossible choices, between life and justice, friends and family, truth and love. But when the criminals come after Sara, only one path remains for both siblings: the way across the desert to the United States.Award-winning author Francisco X. Stork delivers his most gripping novel yet in this tense and timely international thriller.

Author: Francisco X. Stork
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Published: 09/26/2017
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780545944472
ISBN10: 0545944473
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Thrillers & Suspense | General
- Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure | Survival Stories
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | Mexico

About the Author
Francisco X. Stork is the author of Marcelo in the Real World, winner of the Schneider Family Book Award for Teens and the Once Upon a World Award; The Last Summer of the Death Warriors, which was named to the YALSA Best Fiction for Teens list and won the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award; Irises; The Memory of Light, which received four starred reviews; and Disappeared, which also received four starred reviews and was named a Kirkus Best Book of the Year. He lives near Boston with his wife. You can find him on the web at franciscostork.com and @StorkFrancisco.