Reservoir 13

Thirteen-year-old Rebecca Shaw and her family are visiting a small English town when she disappears into thin air. As the search for Rebecca drags on and on, her disappearance flashes in and out of the town’s collective memory as they carry on with their day-to-day lives and the novel is a picture of what happens in the town during the thirteen years after Rebecca disappears, with one chapter per year. This award-winning novel, suitable for grade 12, is suitable for independent reading, or in a Writing class to explore different genres and styles of writing, or to explore disappearance, loss, death, love, and existence.