I have mixed feelings about this book - I liked it and I didn't like it. I felt the beginning was great but then began to get weighed down with way too many words and too many details and then seemed a long time in getting to the end. After all that, we never did find out why one girl was even taken!

At four years of age little Callie stopped talking due to something her father said to her on one particular day but no one knows about this other than Callie herself. Callie's mother Antonia is heartbroken as is her brother Ben when they discover that Callie has stopped being verbal. Petra is Callie's best friend and she does all the talking for Callie and seems to just know and sense what it is she wants to ask or say and says it for her. Her brother Ben always looks out for her as well so Callie has lots of people to keep her occupied and interested.

One day both Callie and her best friend Petra disappear and each character's point of view is written chapter-by-chapter in the first person which is fine but the writing just lacks 'something'. The story is told in one day which is the one day that Callie and Petra were missing in the woods.

I feel that the author had very good intentions in writing and telling this story, but the book lacked character and plot development. It wasn't a bad book at all, just not one that I personally would highly recommend and was a bit disappointed in. Not every single person loves every single book, but perhaps you will enjoy it.

Great read, similar in nature to Jodi Picoult's work. Two little girls go missing in the night, and the search unearths more than is expected.... Told from the perspective of each of the main characters, the story moves quickly and allows the reader a glimpse into the heart and motivation of those involved. A great debut; looking forward to more from this author

Anyone who's a mother will enjoy this book about a child (or two) who go missing into a forest. Although it's a bit draggy in some places near the beginning, it gets better and better. It explains the whole story from each person's point of view, thus making it better to understand the feelings of the family members and friends. It's an easy read, and really keeps you turning those pages!

This was an ebook read on my PRS-505 Sony Reader. In this book, each chapter is told from the perspective of one of the 6 main characters. The characters don't really cover the same ground so the book moves along at a good pace. Most of the book does cover only one day, though. Pretty amazing when you think about writing a book - that it can all be compacted into 24 hours. One great aspect of having each chapter being from a different perspective is that it is hard to figure out where to stop and take a break while reading. As a result, I read this book rather quickly because I couldn't find a spot where I wanted to stop. I've not read other books by this author but would pick them up (assuming there are others). The book is actually about two little girls who go missing from their individual homes. Seemingly unrelated disappearances, they come together as the day unfolds into a single story