Books like Missing Pieces by Norma Fox Mazer
Jessie, a 14‑year‑old girl, watches her friends with their fathers and questions why her own family, consisting of her mother and great‑great‑aunt, feels incomplete. Determined to understand who left when she was a baby, she embarks on a quest to uncover the identity and story of her absent father.
First publish date: 1995
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Norma Fox Mazer
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