Me: Lucas Swain--I'm nearly sixteen years old and live in London. I was fairly normal until the night I found Violet. Then everything changed.

The missing: Dad. He disappeared five years ago. Nobody knows what happened to him, and nobody cares except me. It's enough to drive you crazy.

The dead: That's Violet . . . in the urn. Speaking of crazy--I know she's trying to tell me something, and I think it's about my father. . . .

I may have met Violet after she died. But it didn't stop me from getting to know her. . . .

Author: Jenny Valentine
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harperteen
Published: 04/06/2010
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.18h x 5.80w x 0.52d
ISBN: 9780060850708
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 124179 / Me, the Missing, and the Dead


Review Citation(s):
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2010 - Recommended - Hard To Beat

About the Author
Valentine, Jenny: -

Jenny Valentine worked in a food shop for fifteen years, where she met many extraordinary people and sold more organic bread than there are words in her first book. She studied English literature at Goldsmith's College, which almost made her stop reading but not quite. Her debut novel, Me, the Missing, and the Dead, won the prestigious Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in the UK under the title Finding Violet Park. Jenny is married to a singer/songwriter and has two children. She lives in Hay on Wye, England.