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Review by Mara S.
 * //Where are the Children?//**, by Mary Higgins Clark

Nancy Harmon loved her children, Lisa and Peter, to death. She could not believe that she was being accused of murdering them. It was impossible. Why would she kill them? On her birthday of all days. She is almost sentenced to die in a gas chamber during her unimpressive trial. But then, Rob Ledger- the man who accused her- fled to Canada and the trial couldn't go on.Her husband, who is much too old for her, then killed himself in anguish.Or did he? She had nothing to do but flee herself. After dying her beautiful hair and changing her last name, she hurried off to Cape Cod. Her broken heart is beginning to mend now that she has had two more beautiful children and a new husband, Ray.She loves her new children, Missy and Micheal, just as much as Lisa and Peter. She let Missy and Micheal outside to play on her birthday. She's about to let them in when she saw the mourning paper. On the front cover was her. Not the new her, Nancy Eldredge, but the old her, Nancy Harmon. The article explained that she killed her old children, Lisa and Peter. Now everyone in town would think she killed them and it would be just as before. She had to burn it before Missy and Micheal came in! Nancy quickly threw it in the hot fire and watched it burn. She looked outside and called their names, but accidentally said the wrongs names- Lisa and Peter- the first time. She calls again and again. No body responds. It's getting colder as she runs outside. Where are they? A mitten! She saw one of Missy's mittens caught on the swing set, but it was only the mitten. There are no children around. She couldn't find them anywhere, and runs down to the river. They are nowhere in sight. Something red was in the water. Was it another mitten? She dove in and and pulled it up. Not a mitten. She saw someone on the other side of the lake. Was it Rob Ledger? It became terribly cold and she only had the energy to pull herself out of the river. Where are the children?

I would recommend this book, but only if you enjoy reading books that are a little scary. Although the book could be frightening at times, I really loved the suspense. It made me want to keep reading the book. As you read it, you feel as if you are in the book and almost as if you are Nancy. I really liked how it was written and it had a lot of detail. I believe that the plot was very interesting though sometimes you just wanted to know what happened next in the story. It could be very unpredictable at times. I really enjoyed reading this book. I would not recommend this book only if you don't like to read frightening stories.