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The Missing Girl
The Missing Girl
After a game of hide and seek with her brother and friends, Sneha does not return home. She is no where to be found. A neighbour remembers seeing her hiding behind a parked car.
All evidence points to a kidnapping but the truth is something else....Read this adventure of a different kind.
There is a bonus story included: Adi The Virus.
Vexed with Adi talking in class, his teacher called him a virus because he makes even the most silent student talk in class. But some viruses do good.
A fun class room story.
After a game of hide and seek with her brother and friends, Sneha does not return home. She is no where to be found. A neighbour remembers seeing her hiding behind a parked car.
All evidence points to a kidnapping but the truth is something else....Read this adventure of a different kind.
There is a bonus story included: Adi The Virus.
Vexed with Adi talking in class, his teacher called him a virus because he makes even the most silent student talk in class. But some viruses do good.
A fun class room story.
39 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 4, 2013
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About the author
Gita V. Reddy
54 books89 followersGita V. Reddy writes fiction for both adults and children. Her books for children are written when she takes a break from writing for adults, and vice versa.
She enjoys thinking up tales of different genres and has written historical fiction, women's fiction, and recently has made a foray into regency romance.
For a genre-wise list of her works, please go to https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
For children, Gita V. Reddy has written mysteries, adventure tales, fantasy, science fiction, and also a fable. Her published works include novels, short chapter books, short stories, and picture books for different age groups. Two of her short chapter books, Daksha the Medicine Girl and The Missing Girl are used as supplementary readers in some schools in India. Several of her short stories have been published in Children’s World, India.
In addition to writing, she is interested in art and has illustrated three picture books.
Gita Reddy also writes under the pen names of Heera Datta and Jessica Spencer (for regency romance.)
Ms Reddy is a post graduate in Mathematics. In an earlier life that she voluntarily quit in 2011, she was senior manager in a bank. She lives in Hyderabad, India, with her husband and son.
To know more about her and her writing journey, please visit her website, https://www.gitavreddy.com.
She enjoys thinking up tales of different genres and has written historical fiction, women's fiction, and recently has made a foray into regency romance.
For a genre-wise list of her works, please go to https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
For children, Gita V. Reddy has written mysteries, adventure tales, fantasy, science fiction, and also a fable. Her published works include novels, short chapter books, short stories, and picture books for different age groups. Two of her short chapter books, Daksha the Medicine Girl and The Missing Girl are used as supplementary readers in some schools in India. Several of her short stories have been published in Children’s World, India.
In addition to writing, she is interested in art and has illustrated three picture books.
Gita Reddy also writes under the pen names of Heera Datta and Jessica Spencer (for regency romance.)
Ms Reddy is a post graduate in Mathematics. In an earlier life that she voluntarily quit in 2011, she was senior manager in a bank. She lives in Hyderabad, India, with her husband and son.
To know more about her and her writing journey, please visit her website, https://www.gitavreddy.com.
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June 11, 2017
‘The books were on astronomy, electromagnetism, and hybrid seeds.’
Indian author Gita V. Reddy is best known in this country for her charming children’s books, for which she if garnering a large reading audience. Gita lives in Hyderabad, India – the City of Pearls - is a postgraduate in Mathematics from Hyderabad Central University and joined State Bank of Hyderabad as a Probationary Officer in 1985. After twenty-six years of serving the bank in various managerial positions, she left the bank in 2011 to pursue full time writing. She is married to a physics professor, has a son doing research in neuro-electronics! Of the many books she has written this new THE MISSING GIRL shows a maturity of style and a complexity of characters yet she continues to maintain a fine sense of entertainment and lessons for the reader to learn. She describes her genre as ‘mysteries, adventure, fantasy, science fiction, and even animal tales for children.’
Always appreciative of her readers’ enjoyment of a story, Gita introduces the entire cast of characters as the story begins – ‘When the streetlights came up, the children ended their game. It was time to go home. As soon as Sameer entered the house, his mother said, “Call Sneha. She has a math test tomorrow.” “Hasn’t she come in?” Sameer asked, a little surprised. “I didn’t see her so I thought she had gone ahead of me.” “She must have gone to Minnie’s house. Go and call her. She wants me to help her with algebra.” When Sameer went to Minnie’s house, Minnie was surprised to know that Sneha was not home. “I didn’t see her after we started playing hide and seek. I thought she’d gone home to study. She’s trying to score the highest in tomorrow’s test.” Sameer ran back home, wondering where Sneha could have gone. It had grown quite dark. Ma began calling up Sneha’s friends. None of them had seen Sneha since the beginning of the game. “I hope your father comes home soon,” Ma told Sameer, “I’m not able to contact him on phone.” “Mummy, shall we ask Uncle Menon to come over?” Uncle Menon was their neighbor. He came immediately, so did his wife, Jaya. Minnie and her parents also arrived, along with two other neighbors. Everyone was worried and trying to decide what was to be done. Just then, Sameer’s father came in.’
And the mystery begins, told in Gita’s usual very fine style - “Oh no!” exclaimed the man, throwing up his hands in horror. “Child, don’t make that mistake. Science is science. Don’t put it into compartments. And even if you have to put it into compartments, don’t choose between the compartments,” After a game of hide and seek with her brother and friends, Sneha goes missing. The presence of a strange car points to kidnap. The police are called in. But Sneha is not kidnapped. She is in the midst of an adventure, an adventure of a different kind! Science!’
This is a fine story and as a bonus there is another fine story – ‘Adi The Virus’ – rich in humor and in lessons. Gita always satisfies with her richly imaginative books.
Indian author Gita V. Reddy is best known in this country for her charming children’s books, for which she if garnering a large reading audience. Gita lives in Hyderabad, India – the City of Pearls - is a postgraduate in Mathematics from Hyderabad Central University and joined State Bank of Hyderabad as a Probationary Officer in 1985. After twenty-six years of serving the bank in various managerial positions, she left the bank in 2011 to pursue full time writing. She is married to a physics professor, has a son doing research in neuro-electronics! Of the many books she has written this new THE MISSING GIRL shows a maturity of style and a complexity of characters yet she continues to maintain a fine sense of entertainment and lessons for the reader to learn. She describes her genre as ‘mysteries, adventure, fantasy, science fiction, and even animal tales for children.’
Always appreciative of her readers’ enjoyment of a story, Gita introduces the entire cast of characters as the story begins – ‘When the streetlights came up, the children ended their game. It was time to go home. As soon as Sameer entered the house, his mother said, “Call Sneha. She has a math test tomorrow.” “Hasn’t she come in?” Sameer asked, a little surprised. “I didn’t see her so I thought she had gone ahead of me.” “She must have gone to Minnie’s house. Go and call her. She wants me to help her with algebra.” When Sameer went to Minnie’s house, Minnie was surprised to know that Sneha was not home. “I didn’t see her after we started playing hide and seek. I thought she’d gone home to study. She’s trying to score the highest in tomorrow’s test.” Sameer ran back home, wondering where Sneha could have gone. It had grown quite dark. Ma began calling up Sneha’s friends. None of them had seen Sneha since the beginning of the game. “I hope your father comes home soon,” Ma told Sameer, “I’m not able to contact him on phone.” “Mummy, shall we ask Uncle Menon to come over?” Uncle Menon was their neighbor. He came immediately, so did his wife, Jaya. Minnie and her parents also arrived, along with two other neighbors. Everyone was worried and trying to decide what was to be done. Just then, Sameer’s father came in.’
And the mystery begins, told in Gita’s usual very fine style - “Oh no!” exclaimed the man, throwing up his hands in horror. “Child, don’t make that mistake. Science is science. Don’t put it into compartments. And even if you have to put it into compartments, don’t choose between the compartments,” After a game of hide and seek with her brother and friends, Sneha goes missing. The presence of a strange car points to kidnap. The police are called in. But Sneha is not kidnapped. She is in the midst of an adventure, an adventure of a different kind! Science!’
This is a fine story and as a bonus there is another fine story – ‘Adi The Virus’ – rich in humor and in lessons. Gita always satisfies with her richly imaginative books.
June 8, 2018
I love getting books from my favorite writers for review. It's the best of both worlds. Getting to see their writing, getting to read new books.
Ms. Gita V. Reddy has created another fun story, mystery(?) for middle grades. I don't want to give anything away here, but the story didn't go the way I thought it would. But neither is it as scary as the title might imply. So go ahead and read it. It's free right now on Amazon.
There is a bonus story in this book. If it wasn't about a boy, I would have thought that Gita knew me in grade school. Yes, I was the talker that teachers moved around the room trying to find the person that would encourage silence in me. Nope. Didn't happen. In fact, and I hate to admit this, even in college as a 40 something-year-old adult, even when I sat next to the teacher I found them interesting and willing to share conversation with me. Being social is a good thing and can teach you more than silence. On the other hand, as a teacher, I understand the disruption to the lesson plan. I did see that it can be useful for bringing up questions the class might have been afraid to bring up. I loved the kid of my heart in the second part of the book.
Both stories made for good reading before bed. You or your children might have fun with these, too.
Ms. Gita V. Reddy has created another fun story, mystery(?) for middle grades. I don't want to give anything away here, but the story didn't go the way I thought it would. But neither is it as scary as the title might imply. So go ahead and read it. It's free right now on Amazon.
There is a bonus story in this book. If it wasn't about a boy, I would have thought that Gita knew me in grade school. Yes, I was the talker that teachers moved around the room trying to find the person that would encourage silence in me. Nope. Didn't happen. In fact, and I hate to admit this, even in college as a 40 something-year-old adult, even when I sat next to the teacher I found them interesting and willing to share conversation with me. Being social is a good thing and can teach you more than silence. On the other hand, as a teacher, I understand the disruption to the lesson plan. I did see that it can be useful for bringing up questions the class might have been afraid to bring up. I loved the kid of my heart in the second part of the book.
Both stories made for good reading before bed. You or your children might have fun with these, too.
April 15, 2015
"The Missing Girl" is a nice short story with an interesting hook - after a game of hide and seek, Sneha is nowhere to be found and everyone sets out to look for her. However, the girl is in no serious danger. Instead, she found herself in the arms of science, letting her curiosity free.
"Discover learning can be fun" is the motto of this story as Gita said. The book has potential and it is beautifully written. My only disappointment is that it's not developed enough. Just when the exposition and inciting incident are over, the story ends. The part with "learning can be fun" is close to inexistent - barely developed aside from two lines of dialogue. I would have really wanted to read a nice children's book on education since I am deeply interested in the subject. The direction in which prof. Naik took science is compelling - he combines all sciences; he doesn't separate them, instead puts them all to good use in creating things that will make life easier for people.
I did love the bonus story, though: Adi the virus. That has a head and a tail, is lovely written and makes a good point.
"Discover learning can be fun" is the motto of this story as Gita said. The book has potential and it is beautifully written. My only disappointment is that it's not developed enough. Just when the exposition and inciting incident are over, the story ends. The part with "learning can be fun" is close to inexistent - barely developed aside from two lines of dialogue. I would have really wanted to read a nice children's book on education since I am deeply interested in the subject. The direction in which prof. Naik took science is compelling - he combines all sciences; he doesn't separate them, instead puts them all to good use in creating things that will make life easier for people.
I did love the bonus story, though: Adi the virus. That has a head and a tail, is lovely written and makes a good point.
June 26, 2017
"Sameer ran back home, wondering where Sneha could have gone. It had grown quite dark. Ma began calling up Sneha's friends. None of them had seen Sneha since the beginning of the game."....
In this children's book, we find the story of a young girl, Sneha. She's gone missing, and her family and friends are frantically searching for her.
How did she get lost? Was it a kidnapping, or something a little less sinister? A "chapter book" designed for ages 8-12. I think it's a great story that will hold your child's attention. There are also small life lessons often woven through this authors stories.
I enjoyed this book as a change of pace from my regular reading. This author writes wonderful children and adult stories.
Thank you Gita Reddy
In this children's book, we find the story of a young girl, Sneha. She's gone missing, and her family and friends are frantically searching for her.
How did she get lost? Was it a kidnapping, or something a little less sinister? A "chapter book" designed for ages 8-12. I think it's a great story that will hold your child's attention. There are also small life lessons often woven through this authors stories.
I enjoyed this book as a change of pace from my regular reading. This author writes wonderful children and adult stories.
Thank you Gita Reddy
July 17, 2017
The Missing Girl by Gita V. Reddy
This story starts out as kids are playing hide and seek at night and then they go home to study and do their homework. Problem is no one has seen Sneha. All the neighbors and kids help to find her by going to the places you'd hide for the game, to no avail.
Next chapter follows where Sneha is and how she got there and why...
While the parents have called the cops Sneha goes on her own adventure...
What I like about this book is that some foreign words are explained after they are mentioned in the story.
A bonus story is included. Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.
I received this review copy from the author and this is my honest review.
This story starts out as kids are playing hide and seek at night and then they go home to study and do their homework. Problem is no one has seen Sneha. All the neighbors and kids help to find her by going to the places you'd hide for the game, to no avail.
Next chapter follows where Sneha is and how she got there and why...
While the parents have called the cops Sneha goes on her own adventure...
What I like about this book is that some foreign words are explained after they are mentioned in the story.
A bonus story is included. Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.
I received this review copy from the author and this is my honest review.
June 23, 2017
The Missing Girl by Gita Reddy Review 6/23/17
Adventure with a twist plus how talking be good/bad!
After a game of hide and seek with her brother and friends, Sneha goes missing. The presence of a strange car points to kidnap. The police are called in. But Sneha is not kidnapped. She is in the midst of an adventure, an adventure of a different kind. “Oh no!” exclaimed the man, throwing up his hands in horror. “Child, don’t make that mistake. Science is science. Don’t put it into compartments. And even if you have to put it into compartments, don’t choose between the compartments,”
Bonus Story: Adi The Virus. Adi is very talkative. Wherever he is made to sit in class, he gets his neighbor into trouble by talking. His teacher calls him Adi the Virus. But some viruses do good...
What did I like? I have read almost every book that this author has penned and my love grows every time I pick up a new one. The main thing I love about her books is the fact that every story includes something to be learned. This one is directed to the world of science. I firmly believe that every parent or grandparent should include in their library every book she has written and not only will their child or grandchild learn but there are learning curves included for them also. The main one that they will learn if they take the time to put in their library they should also take the time to read it themselves… maybe even with the child… Learn to share and become even closer to them.
What will you like? A very developed storyline that includes fun characters for all to enjoy, adult as well as child. Interesting, imaginative, captivating, exciting adventure, and that is just for starters. The descriptions even though written at child level are still captivating to the adult level. I love the learning stimulation the author creates with the story line for the child/adult to invest themselves in the story. We could all learn from these books if only we take the time but keep in mind they are not that long but it seems like a lifetime to a child.
Bonus: A very cute short story of Adi The Virus. Again here is a cute story that gives us another way to learn. This of course is directed towards talking and sharing…… This definitely is a story to keep us on our toes in life. Sometimes I wish that I had 100 grandchildren, just so I could share these with all of them!
Adventure with a twist plus how talking be good/bad!
After a game of hide and seek with her brother and friends, Sneha goes missing. The presence of a strange car points to kidnap. The police are called in. But Sneha is not kidnapped. She is in the midst of an adventure, an adventure of a different kind. “Oh no!” exclaimed the man, throwing up his hands in horror. “Child, don’t make that mistake. Science is science. Don’t put it into compartments. And even if you have to put it into compartments, don’t choose between the compartments,”
Bonus Story: Adi The Virus. Adi is very talkative. Wherever he is made to sit in class, he gets his neighbor into trouble by talking. His teacher calls him Adi the Virus. But some viruses do good...
What did I like? I have read almost every book that this author has penned and my love grows every time I pick up a new one. The main thing I love about her books is the fact that every story includes something to be learned. This one is directed to the world of science. I firmly believe that every parent or grandparent should include in their library every book she has written and not only will their child or grandchild learn but there are learning curves included for them also. The main one that they will learn if they take the time to put in their library they should also take the time to read it themselves… maybe even with the child… Learn to share and become even closer to them.
What will you like? A very developed storyline that includes fun characters for all to enjoy, adult as well as child. Interesting, imaginative, captivating, exciting adventure, and that is just for starters. The descriptions even though written at child level are still captivating to the adult level. I love the learning stimulation the author creates with the story line for the child/adult to invest themselves in the story. We could all learn from these books if only we take the time but keep in mind they are not that long but it seems like a lifetime to a child.
Bonus: A very cute short story of Adi The Virus. Again here is a cute story that gives us another way to learn. This of course is directed towards talking and sharing…… This definitely is a story to keep us on our toes in life. Sometimes I wish that I had 100 grandchildren, just so I could share these with all of them!
November 17, 2019
This is the most absurd story line I’ve ever read. It starts off with promise of a good story. A little girl playing hide and seek gets in the trunk of a car. The car then drives away and the girl is reported as missing. The police assume that someone is upset with her father. Upon finding out that isn’t the case....well they must have took her for ransom....because why else would someone steal a child from an apartment complex. Stupid! Then the child ends up at a scientist’s house and he is so engrossed with showing the child science stuff that he doesn’t bother taking her home or getting to a working phone. Again, stupid! Then the police show up with her dad and all is well! Did I say yet that this story is stupid.
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October 7, 2024
an interesting, funny and excellent read
I find this book very interesting and wonderful because it shows that children are very scientific and there is a lot to learn about science. I think that this man in the story professor professor prof I think he’s very very clever and even if he wasn’t even if you didn’t know a lot about science that he would still be clever and he would still be very very intelligent. Amazing because he knows that you can’t really know enough because there’s always more to know in the world and amazing world. My name is Rosie and I’m eight years old and I live in Saint Andrews and go to Canongate primary school
I find this book very interesting and wonderful because it shows that children are very scientific and there is a lot to learn about science. I think that this man in the story professor professor prof I think he’s very very clever and even if he wasn’t even if you didn’t know a lot about science that he would still be clever and he would still be very very intelligent. Amazing because he knows that you can’t really know enough because there’s always more to know in the world and amazing world. My name is Rosie and I’m eight years old and I live in Saint Andrews and go to Canongate primary school
April 26, 2024
This was an interesting story. It was about a little girl who was playing, hide and seek with her brother and decided she wanted to hide in a strangers car. The stranger drove off with her in the car, and she made friends with a Stranger, who was a professor then the writer added a bonus story after the book was finished
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September 1, 2021
Didn't realise it was a kids book until I started reading it, but it was actually quite good and definitely an author I would be recommending to my 10 year old daughter to look out for!
June 23, 2017
The Missing Girl by Gita Reddy Review 6/23/17
Adventure with a twist plus how talking be good/bad!
After a game of hide and seek with her brother and friends, Sneha goes missing. The presence of a strange car points to kidnap. The police are called in. But Sneha is not kidnapped. She is in the midst of an adventure, an adventure of a different kind. “Oh no!” exclaimed the man, throwing up his hands in horror. “Child, don’t make that mistake. Science is science. Don’t put it into compartments. And even if you have to put it into compartments, don’t choose between the compartments,”
Bonus Story: Adi The Virus. Adi is very talkative. Wherever he is made to sit in class, he gets his neighbor into trouble by talking. His teacher calls him Adi the Virus. But some viruses do good...
What did I like? I have read almost every book that this author has penned and my love grows every time I pick up a new one. The main thing I love about her books is the fact that every story includes something to be learned. This one is directed to the world of science. I firmly believe that every parent or grandparent should include in their library every book she has written and not only will their child or grandchild learn but there are learning curves included for them also. The main one that they will learn if they take the time to put in their library they should also take the time to read it themselves… maybe even with the child… Learn to share and become even closer to them.
What will you like? A very developed storyline that includes fun characters for all to enjoy, adult as well as child. Interesting, imaginative, captivating, exciting adventure, and that is just for starters. The descriptions even though written at child level are still captivating to the adult level. I love the learning stimulation the author creates with the story line for the child/adult to invest themselves in the story. We could all learn from these books if only we take the time but keep in mind they are not that long but it seems like a lifetime to a child.
Bonus: A very cute short story of Adi The Virus. Again here is a cute story that gives us another way to learn. This of course is directed towards talking and sharing…… This definitely is a story to keep us on our toes in life. Sometimes I wish that I had 100 grandchildren, just so I could share these with all of them!
Adventure with a twist plus how talking be good/bad!
After a game of hide and seek with her brother and friends, Sneha goes missing. The presence of a strange car points to kidnap. The police are called in. But Sneha is not kidnapped. She is in the midst of an adventure, an adventure of a different kind. “Oh no!” exclaimed the man, throwing up his hands in horror. “Child, don’t make that mistake. Science is science. Don’t put it into compartments. And even if you have to put it into compartments, don’t choose between the compartments,”
Bonus Story: Adi The Virus. Adi is very talkative. Wherever he is made to sit in class, he gets his neighbor into trouble by talking. His teacher calls him Adi the Virus. But some viruses do good...
What did I like? I have read almost every book that this author has penned and my love grows every time I pick up a new one. The main thing I love about her books is the fact that every story includes something to be learned. This one is directed to the world of science. I firmly believe that every parent or grandparent should include in their library every book she has written and not only will their child or grandchild learn but there are learning curves included for them also. The main one that they will learn if they take the time to put in their library they should also take the time to read it themselves… maybe even with the child… Learn to share and become even closer to them.
What will you like? A very developed storyline that includes fun characters for all to enjoy, adult as well as child. Interesting, imaginative, captivating, exciting adventure, and that is just for starters. The descriptions even though written at child level are still captivating to the adult level. I love the learning stimulation the author creates with the story line for the child/adult to invest themselves in the story. We could all learn from these books if only we take the time but keep in mind they are not that long but it seems like a lifetime to a child.
Bonus: A very cute short story of Adi The Virus. Again here is a cute story that gives us another way to learn. This of course is directed towards talking and sharing…… This definitely is a story to keep us on our toes in life. Sometimes I wish that I had 100 grandchildren, just so I could share these with all of them!
March 27, 2019
I chose to read this book after receiving a free e-copy from the author. All opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased.
Sneha plays hide and seek with her brother and their friends but when everyone goes home, she is missing. She hid behind a car and decided that getting into the trunk would be a better hiding place. Unfortunately, the car takes off with Sneha inside. She ends up at a big, old house and ends up having a good time with the strange inhabitant.
The Missing Girl is a short chapter book with an adventure that starts out scary but turns out fun. It even teaches that science is fun and includes terms from science that children will learn without even knowing it!
The bonus story, “Adi The Virus,” is a sweet story about a boy who is talkative and often disrupts the class…until he’s put next to the right person. Suddenly, he’s not disruptive anymore but appreciated.
Sneha plays hide and seek with her brother and their friends but when everyone goes home, she is missing. She hid behind a car and decided that getting into the trunk would be a better hiding place. Unfortunately, the car takes off with Sneha inside. She ends up at a big, old house and ends up having a good time with the strange inhabitant.
The Missing Girl is a short chapter book with an adventure that starts out scary but turns out fun. It even teaches that science is fun and includes terms from science that children will learn without even knowing it!
The bonus story, “Adi The Virus,” is a sweet story about a boy who is talkative and often disrupts the class…until he’s put next to the right person. Suddenly, he’s not disruptive anymore but appreciated.
June 12, 2019
This is a good book 📖
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