Books like Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork
Four months after Linda Zapata vanished from the streets of Ciudad Juárez, her sister Sara becomes a reporter who hunts the criminals behind the city’s rampant kidnappings. As her own family comes under threat, her younger brother Emiliano is enticed into the narcotics trade with promises of wealth. Faced with danger inside and outside the city, Sara and Emiliano must decide whether to stay or risk a treacherous trek across the desert to the United States border in hopes of escape and safety.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Francisco X. Stork
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 (0 community ratings)
How are these books recommended?
The books recommended for Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.
Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier
for other readers to discover books they’ll enjoy.
Books similar to Disappeared (16 similar books)
A poignant young‑adult tale of two teens—Hazel and Augustus—who meet in a cancer support group, and whose unlikely romance forces them to confront love, illness, and the meaning of life.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
At Culver Creek Boarding School, Miles "Pudge" Halter leaves his uneventful home life to find adventure, only to be drawn into the complex world of Alaska Young – a brilliant, enigmatic student whose presence challenges and changes him forever.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A coming‑of‑age epistolary novel that follows introverted teen Charlie through his freshman year in a 1990s Pittsburgh suburb as he navigates high school, friendship and the challenges of adolescence.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
When five Bayview High students gather for detention, one is murdered in a shocking twist of betrayal. With secrets, motives, and a hidden app, the mystery forces the four remaining classmates to confront lies and uncover the truth.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Eleven‑year‑old Caitlin, living with Asperger’s, struggles to accept her brother Devon’s death and her father’s absence, learning that life is more than black and white and finding closure in color.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
The Walker siblings embark on a perilous journey across time to rescue a vanished Wind Witch, facing ancient Rome, World War II, and Tibet while confronting betrayal, wonder and the supernatural.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A grieving teen learns to move forward when a sudden job at a catering business introduces her to new friends and unexpected challenges.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Aiden Falconer teams with the FBI to rescue his kidnapped sister Meg, unraveling a tense search that involves family secrets, determined investigators, and relentless kidnappers.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Aiden teams up with the FBI to rescue his kidnapped sister Meg in this fast‑paced adventure for young readers.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Twelve‑year‑old Rosemary Bliss relies on her magical baking talents to outwit her captor, the ruthless owner of the Mostess Snack Cake Corporation, and escape in this sweet, suspense‑driven adventure.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Teen assassin Boy Nobody is assigned to kill the leader of a domestic terrorism cell, but the mission raises deeper questions about his role and the shadows behind his orders.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Twelve‑year‑old Saba learns that her kidnapping to Emperor Haile Selassie’s palace in Gondar, Ethiopia, is part of a plot to strengthen the emperor’s rule in the mid‑1840s.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Thirteen‑year‑old Dan Cahill and his sister Amy must rescue their kidnapped family and friends from the shadowy Vespers before they seize the 39 Clues and threaten the world.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Afterward follows thirteen-year‑old Dylan Anderson as he and his family navigate the aftermath of his kidnapping, uncovering a deeper family secret and a friendship that may reveal the truth behind his missing brother Ethan.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Twelve‑year‑old twins Katie and David Bowen flee armed attackers and journey from Washington, D.C. to their uncle in Vermont, hoping he can help rescue their parents who were kidnapped over their invention, Rover.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Some Other Similar Books
The Secret of the Perfect Flower by Belva PlainWanderer by Sharon Creech
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Have a similar book in mind? Let others know!
Please login to submit books!