Albert Whitman & Company, 1993
It’s been three months since thirteen-year-old Chris Barton lost his little sister, Molly.
“Missing, presumed drowned” was what the papers said, and surely that is what everyone believes. One night, Chris views a video he made the day Molly was lost. There doesn’t seem to be anything unusual here: a rest stop, lunch by the river, a hungry squirrel, a familiar ice cream van. But the video harbors an awful secret. In the middle of the night, Chris Barton wakes from fitful sleep–and begins a journey filled with fear, doubt, and impossible hopes.
Someone Was Watching was made into a feature film in 2002 (imdb.com, variety.com).
“Middle schoolers will love it.” —School Library Journal
“Five-star suspense. Realistic.” —Gayle Richardson, Special to The Seattle Times
- 1995-1996 South Dakota Prairie Pasque Award
- 1997-1998 Utah Children’s Book Award
- 1995-1996 Texas Lone Star Reading List
- 1997-1998 Young Hoosier Book Award
- 1995-1996 Nebraska Golden Sower Young Adult Award Runner-Up
- 1996 Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award (FL)
- Runner-up for Rebecca Caudill Award (IL)
- Best of the Texas Lone Star Reading Lists
- 1997-1998 Iowa Teen Award Reading List
