The Night She Disappeared is about a girl named Kayla who got kidnapped when delivering pizzas. The guy who ordered the pizza specifically asked for Gabie, another employee, but Kayla traded shifts that night with Gabie. Not knowing that Gabie wasn't the one in the car, he kidnapped the wrong girl. Gabie later finds out that the guy was originally asking for her over the phone. Gabie decides to help look for Kayla, but the search gets difficult when the police think they found the culprit. Do they ever find Kayla alive? Will he come after Gabie next? Read the book to find out.
Throughout the book, the chapters switch off between characters and they even switch to Kayla, the girl who was kidnapped. They also switch to the man who did the kidnapping. I think that was my favorite part of the book, was being inside his mind and seeing his perspective of what was going on. When Kayla finally awakes for the first time, it switches over to him. April Henry writes, "The screams rise again from the special room I built. Faint but still audible.I set down my X-Acto Number 11, pick up the TV clicker, and press the plus sign on the volume button. There. That takes care of that" (Pg 38).I was kind of shocked and thrilled at the same time when I got to this chapter knowing that the author also wrote in his perspective. I've never read a book about a kidnapping where we got to be in their head. This was a really good action packed and thriller book. So if you're into those, you should check it out!
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