"Channeling early Stephen King at his best" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), You Must Not Miss is a twisted and suspenseful story of female rage for fans of One of Us Is Lying and Carrie.
Magpie Lewis started writing in her yellow notebook the day after her family self-destructed. The day her father ruined her mother''s life. The day Eryn, Magpie''s sister, skipped town and left her to fend for herself. The day of Brandon Phipp''s party.
Now Magpie is called a slut in the hallways of her high school, her former best friend won''t speak to her, and she spends her lunch period with a group of misfits who''ve all been as socially exiled as she has. And so, feeling trapped and forgotten, Magpie retreats to her notebook, dreaming up a magical place called Near.
Near is perfect--a place where her father never cheated, her mother never drank, and Magpie''s own life never derailed so suddenly. She imagines Near so completely, so
