The Vanishing Comrade: A Mystery Story for Girls

It's the summer of 192-something, and fifteen-year-old Kate Marshall is being shipped off to spend the season with her Great Aunt Katherine in the small town of Oakdale, a relative she barely knows. Her only known companion is her cousin Elsie, but the moment Kate arrives, she stumbles into something far more interesting than polite family visits: her new friend has vanished without a trace. What begins as a simple mystery of a missing comrade becomes a web of secrets buried in this quiet village, where everyone seems to have something to hide. Kate must navigate the complicated terrain of adult secrets, unexpected friendships, and the courage it takes to ask the right questions in a world that would rather she stay quiet. This is the kind of book that made generations of young readers feel that being clever was its own kind of superpower.