Missing Clarissa

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!
A 2024 Texas Tayshas Reading List Pick!

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"Carefully crafted surprises, fair-play clues, and a satisfying narrative payoff propel
this gripping read." - Publishers Weekly

"Missing Clarissa is an entertaining, young adult mystery with an intriguing plot line...the premise is well done and appropriate within the boundaries of two teenage girls for delivering the story in Missing Clarissa. Fans of young adult mysteries will enjoy this one. I'm looking forward to seeing what's next for this talented author." - Mystery & Suspense Magazine

"This is a really fun YA novel, with two intriguing characters, a well-written mystery, and a book you want to keep reading." - Red Carpet Crash

"Missing Clarissa is a sharp, smart, compelling read. Ripley Jones has written a fascinating mystery that never lets the reader forget the people at its heart. A keen look at true crime and the ripples that absence leaves. I devoured this book." - Kat Howard, Alex Award-winning author of An Unkindness of Magicians

"Ripley Jones writes like a switchblade: quick, sharp, and straight to the jugular. This is the writer you've been waiting for. Ripley does not disappoint." - Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation and Deathless Divide