3.63 avg rating — 3,988 ratings

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"A young girl escapes her home/work as a clone/slave."

3.26 avg rating — 28,634 ratings

"Both the family father and mother fail to return from their travels."

3.83 avg rating — 16,816 ratings

"The parents of two girls have died and the girls decide to cover up their deaths and say they've gone away (that's not a spoiler, it's the premise)"

3.78 avg rating — 227,161 ratings

"A prince has been lost at sea."

3.54 avg rating — 13,216 ratings

4.07 avg rating — 1,793 ratings

"A book about the human face of displacement, including shocking scenes of unidentified refugees drowned at sea."

3.83 avg rating — 610,633 ratings

3.60 avg rating — 123,299 ratings

"One of the characters goes missing and is presumed dead... but there's something more to the story."

3.92 avg rating — 1,017,684 ratings

"Tom Sawyer gallivants about and people at home assume he's died."

3.88 avg rating — 2,404 ratings

4.12 avg rating — 68,056 ratings

3.88 avg rating — 272 ratings

"A woman runs away after a miscarriage and abducts a child."

3.97 avg rating — 2,831,165 ratings

3.87 avg rating — 1,473 ratings

3.56 avg rating — 129,215 ratings

4.01 avg rating — 143,432 ratings

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3.51 avg rating — 242,972 ratings

"The protagonist runs away from home to join a cult"

4.30 avg rating — 580,455 ratings

"Maya Angelou briefly describes having run away from home and being homeless"

3.97 avg rating — 1,817 ratings

"One short story in the collection depicts a world where children routinely get abducted. A mother tries to get her children back."

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 39 ratings

3.97 avg rating — 1,094 ratings

4.23 avg rating — 51,881 ratings

"A baby goes missing after its mixed up with a manuscript."

4.20 avg rating — 22,363 ratings

3.87 avg rating — 598,796 ratings

3.20 avg rating — 966 ratings

it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating

3.41 avg rating — 5,808 ratings

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 104,968 ratings

2.96 avg rating — 998 ratings

3.71 avg rating — 72,078 ratings

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3.29 avg rating — 38 ratings

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 202,466 ratings

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"Tsukuru Tazaki's friend mysteriously vanishes and he thinks it could be his fault but he isn't sure."

4.15 avg rating — 3,442,546 ratings

3.96 avg rating — 194,437 ratings

"Twins get lost at sea."

3.87 avg rating — 944,401 ratings

"Lolita is abducted/runs away from the protagonist."

4.05 avg rating — 1,217,938 ratings

"Esther is missing for several days following a suicide attempt."

3.89 avg rating — 1,596,061 ratings

3.94 avg rating — 578,036 ratings

3.86 avg rating — 2,461,230 ratings

4.20 avg rating — 5,449,447 ratings

3.80 avg rating — 3,889,184 ratings

4.16 avg rating — 2,320,344 ratings

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4.03 avg rating — 373,665 ratings

4.29 avg rating — 38,460 ratings

3.83 avg rating — 1,190,800 ratings

3.93 avg rating — 521 ratings

3.88 avg rating — 427,413 ratings

3.80 avg rating — 44 ratings

3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings

3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings

2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings

4.24 avg rating — 3,149,547 ratings

3.70 avg rating — 1,952 ratings

3.86 avg rating — 112 ratings

3.88 avg rating — 214 ratings

3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings

4.10 avg rating — 13,203 ratings

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings