Monday's Not Coming
2018 • 448 pages
Ratings31
Average rating4.3
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Ratings31
Average rating4.3
"Jackson’s characters and their heart-wrenching story linger long after the final page, urging readers to advocate for those who are disenfranchised and forgotten by society and the system." (Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List") From the critically acclaimed author of Allegedly, Tiffany D. Jackson, comes a gripping novel about the mystery of one teenage girl’s disappearance and the traumatic effects of the truth. Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been inseparable—more sisters than friends. So when Monday doesn’t turn up for the first day of school, Claudia’s worried. When she doesn’t show for the second day, or second week, Claudia knows that something is wrong. Monday wouldn’t just leave her to endure tests and bullies alone. Not after last year’s rumors and not with her grades on the line. Now Claudia needs her best—and only—friend more than ever. But Monday’s mother refuses to give Claudia a straight answer, and Monday’s sister April is even less help. As Claudia digs deeper into her friend’s disappearance, she discovers that no one seems to remember the last time they saw Monday. How can a teenage girl just vanish without anyone noticing that she’s gone?
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Not as strong as Allegedly but still great. She does the SE DC setting proud and her teen dialogue continues to ring true. Claudia does occasionally read as much younger than her age, but I found that to feel right as the story goes on. After the reveal the multiple timelines make sense and had me flipping back through to check in, though I agree with other reviewers that this might be a challenge turning kids this book might be perfect for off of the book. Very interested in kid opinion on this, and will be an easy sell once I tell fans off Allegedly is by same author.
Monday's Not Coming is a book that had me curious and intrigued the whole time I was reading it. Due to that intrigue and wanting to know what happened next, I read this in about 6 hours (it probably helped that I started reading it at 4:30 AM due to some insomnia). The only thing that bothered me about the book was the timeline-it jumped from Before to After to One Year Before The Before and it was hard to keep everything straight as I was reading. The characters were well developed. Overall, I enjoyed the book and will probably go back and re-read to see what I missed from reading it so fast the first time.
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