What starts as an innocent, albeit exciting pre-championship girls' soccer game, quickly turns into a mysterious search for three players who, during halftime, found something much more riveting than soccer! Follow eleven-year-old Charlene, star soccer player, as she makes a life-changing decision that leads to her town being thrown upside down as they are plunged into a frenetic chase to solve the mystery of where Charlene and her friends have disappeared to. What follows is a roller coaster of events involving curious girls, worried parents, crazed spectators, a crafty police chief and his bumbling team, and the town's top dignitaries all trying to solve the mystery of Where Are the Girls?
You'll turn the pages well into the night following the nonstop twists and comical turns of Charlene's journey from soccer champ to...
Andrew Liebenthal's breakthrough debut novel, written over ten years during breaks at work and finished during the pandemic, is a refreshing roller-coaster story sure to delight the reader!