Missing!: Mysterious Cases of People Gone Missing Through the Centuries

by Brenda Z. Guiberson

Overview

In this photo-illustrated middle-grade nonfiction book, Brenda Guiberson explores the stories of six individuals who have disappeared mysteriously throughout history.

Jimmy Hoffa, Barbara Follett, Amelia Earhart, D. B. Cooper, two young royal princes—they all disappeared. Throughout history, individuals have gone missing without a trace; some of these disappearances haunt us.

In this companion to Disasters: Natural and Man-Made Catastrophes through the Centuries, Brenda Guiberson explores the stories of seven individuals who have disappeared mysteriously. Thoroughly researched and illustrated with photographs and line drawings, Missing!: Mysterious Cases of People Gone Missing Through the Centuries is exciting middle-grade nonfiction that also discusses the kind and qualities of evidence needed to lay these mysteries to rest.

Godwin Books

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250133410
Publisher:	Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	02/12/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	948,626
Lexile:	1020L (what's this?)
File size:	136 MB
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Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

About the Author

Brenda Z. Guiberson has written many books for children, including Cactus Hotel, Spoonbill Swamp, Moon Bear and Disasters. As a child, Brenda never thought she wanted to be a writer—her dreams tended more toward jungle explorer. She graduated from the University of Washington with degrees in English and Fine Art. She started thinking about writing for children when her son went to elementary school, and she volunteered in his class and in the school library. After taking exciting trips that involved a fifty-foot cactus, hungry alligators and sunset-colored spoonbills, she wanted to create books for children that would be like a field trip. Her books are full of well-researched detail, and Brenda sees this research as an adventure—one that allows her to be a jungle explorer at last. She lives in Seattle, Washington.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 Missing! 1975: Jimmy Hoffa and the Truckers 2

Chapter 2 Missing! 1971: D. B. Cooper, Down, Down, Down, and Gone 36

Chapter 3 Missing! 1939: Barbara Follett, a Child Author 62

Chapter 4 Missing! 1937: Amelia Earhart, the Lost Legend 106

Chapter 5 Missing! 1826: William Morgan and a Book of Secrets 152

Chapter 6 Missing! 1483: Two Princes in the Tower of London 186

Bibliography 221

Index 226

Editorial Reviews

"the Hoffa and Cooper stories thoroughly compelling" —The Bulletin on Missing!: Mysterious Cases of People Gone Missing Through the Centuries

From the Publisher

02/01/2019

Gr 8 Up—The author of Disasters and Frog Song examines six intriguing missing persons cases (Jimmy Hoffa, D.B. Cooper, Barbara Follett, Amelia Earhart, William Morgan, and two British princes), which span five centuries and two continents. In reverse chronological order, Guiberson profiles the missing persons and contextualizes the times in which they lived, with particulars about labor relations and the mafia, aviation and women's history, the publishing industry, and the Freemasons in Britain and the United States. Details about those involved with the disappearances weigh down the text and are confusing in the chapters about William Morgan and the British princes, respectively, owing to the numerous people involved. Appropriately captioned photographs, maps, and drawings accompany each chapter and convey additional information. The line drawings vary in effectiveness; a couple are hard to distinguish, and most are superfluous to the paintings and photographs already included. Guiberson's well-organized source notes include a mix of juvenile and adult titles. VERDICT The uneven writing and illustrations distract from an intriguing title and topic.—Hilary Writt, Sullivan University, Lexington, KY

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