Monday's Not Coming
Readers rate it 4.3 (117 on Hardcover)
448 pages · Released 2018 · HarperCollins Publishers
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Monday's Not Coming parent’s guide: what’s inside
Violence
LGBTQ+ themes
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This mystery focuses on a missing Black teenage girl and unfolds through the eyes of her devoted best friend investigating her disappearance. The plot deals with heavy themes including child neglect, family dysfunction, and the invisible struggles many marginalized teens face, but violence is not graphic. The book rewards loyalty, resilience, and speaking up about injustice, though the resolution is sobering rather than triumphant.
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Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been inseparable—more sisters than friends. So when Monday doesn’t turn up for the first day of school, Claudia’s worried. When she doesn’t show for the second day, or second week, Claudia knows that something is wrong. Monday w... Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been inseparable—more sisters than friends. So when Monday doesn’t turn up for the first day of school, Claudia’s worried. When she doesn’t show for the second day, or second week, Claudia knows that something is wrong. Monday wouldn’t just leave her to endure tests and bullies alone. Not after last year’s rumors and not with her grades on the line. Now Claudia needs her best—and only—friend more than ever. But Monday’s mother refuses to give Claudia a straight answer, and Monday’s sister April is even less help. As Claudia digs deeper into her friend’s disappearance, she discovers that no one seems to remember the last time they saw Monday. How can a teenage girl just vanish without anyone noticing that she’s gone?
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- Missing persons
- Fiction
- Friendship
- High school students
- Mystery and detective stories
- Children's fiction
- African americans, fiction
- Missing persons, fiction
- Friendship, fiction
- Students, fiction
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ISBN 9780062422699 · HarperCollins Publishers