Jane Anonymous (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781250303707)

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Bestselling author Laurie Faria Stolarz's thrilling novel Jane Anonymous is a revelatory confessional of a seventeen-year-old girl's fight to escape a kidnapper--and her struggles to connect with loved ones and a life that no longer exists.

Seven months.

That's how long I was kept captive.

Locked in a room with a bed, refrigerator, and adjoining bathroom, I was instructed to eat, bathe, and behave. I received meals, laundered clothes, and toiletries through a cat door, never knowing if it was day or night. The last time I saw the face of my abductor was when he dragged me fighting from the trunk of his car. My only solace was Mason--one of the other kidnapped teens--and our pact to one day escape together. But when that day finally came, I had to leave him behind.

Now that I'm home, my parents and friends want everything to be like it was before I left. But they don't understand that dining out and shopping trips can't heal what's broken inside me. I barely leave my bedroom. Therapists are clueless and condescending. So I start my own form of therapy--but writing about my experience awakens uncomfortable memories, ones that should've stayed buried.

When I ask the detectives assigned to my case about Mason, I get an answer I don't believe--that there were no traces of any other kidnapped kids. But I distinctly remember the screams, holding hands with Mason through a hole in my wall, and sharing a chocolate bar. I don't believe he wasn't really there and I'm determined to find him. How far will I have to go to uncover the truth of what happened--and will it break me forever?

Author: Laurie Faria Stolarz
ISBN-10: 1250303702
ISBN-13: 9781250303707
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Language: English
Published: 01/07/2020
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 513738 / Jane Anonymous


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2019 pg. 120
School Library Journal 11/01/2019 pg. 71
Booklist 11/15/2019 pg. 53