Where Ella Went

Written by Laurie Morrison

When their team captain vanishes before the big game, two mismatched teammates dig for the truth.

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304 pages· 880L

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Eighth graders Sadie and Pug have nothing in common except soccer and their loyalty to Ella, their overachieving team captain. When Ella misses the season's most important game and her parents pull her out of school, the two set out to learn what happened. Told through recordings, letters, texts, journal entries and emails, their search reveals that Ella's life wasn't as perfect as it seemed, and that they have secrets of their own.

From the publisher

A clever, funny multimedia mystery from author Laurie Morrison, about soccer teammates trying to solve the disappearance of their beloved team captain–and facing a few secrets of their own.Why did Ella leave?Eighth Graders Sadie and Pug don’t have anything in common except for their love of soccer and their loyalty to Ella, the overachieving team captain. So when Ella doesn’t show up for the most important game of the season and her parents pull her out of school, Sadie and Pug are determined to find out what happened, even though they don’t usually get along. There’s no way Ella abandoned the team!But as Sadie and Pug dig deeper, they begin to realize that Ella’s life wasn’t as perfect as it seemed. And maybe Sadie and Pug have a few secrets that need to come to light, too. Maybe all their classmates doTold in recordings, letters, texts, journal entries, and emails, Where Ella Went is a funny and absorbing slice-of-life mystery about friendship, teamwork, and the pressures of being in middle school. If Sadie and Pug keep searching for answers, they risk sabotaging the end of their soccer season.But can they ever move on if they don’t learn the truth? And what if Ella needs them even more than they need her?

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