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Monday's Not Coming: A Novel
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From the critically acclaimed author of Allegedly, Tiffany D. Jackson, comes a gripping new novel perfect for fans of E. Lockhart and Gillian Flynn 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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Utterly heartbreaking YA about a enduring friendship bond between two Washington, D.C. girls and bullying/abuse. The time frame jumps of the chapters (Before, After, etc.) confused me at first, but I understood their important significance at the end. Although the main character is mainly portrayed as an 8th grader on the cusp of high school, I definitely would only recommend this to older teens due to language and themes.
Claudia, who tells the story, is an only child who lives with her parents in a middle-class black neighborhood in Washington, D.C. Her best friend in the world, Monday, lives with her single mother and three siblings in some nearby black housing projects for those in poverty.Claudia spends every summer with her grandmother down south. As the book opens, she is returning home for the school year, a little concerned because Monday never wrote her during the summer like she has in the past. Then school starts, and Monday isn't there either.It seems that no matter who Claudia asks or where she turns, no one is particularly concerned the Monday seems to have vanished from the face of the Earth. But she is determined to solve the mystery and find her friend.A few notes about this book, without giving away too much. It's unusual in that the protagonists are 13 years old, in a book aimed at teens. This is definitely not YA fare.There are parts that are particularly grim and perhaps shocking.The timeline is confusing. It bounces back and forth, and the chapter titles (used multiple times) are "The Before," "The After," "Before the Before," "After the After," and a few very short chapters the titles of which are the name of a month. I had a little trouble keeping up with it all, but I'm not sure how else this story could have been told. Before and after ~what~ you may ask. And that is something that won't be made clear until the last 50 pages or so, where you will find that some of what you have been assuming about the story isn't what you thought.Well written, intricately plotted, with a fairly realistic (I assume) look at life in poverty stricken housing projects. The intended audience is probably black teen girls, but this white adult man found it powerful and moving.
I just could not get into this book. The different timelines were confusing and jumped around too much so that I never felt really comfortable reading it.From the start I had an inkling about Monday's disappearance and, sadly, I was proved right at the end. I didn't like the protagonist, Claudia, despite her determination to find her best friend, Monday. I admired her dedication but I never felt connected to her, and she felt much younger than she actually was.While "Monday's Not Coming" was dark and heart-breaking, the mystery was lackluster and the execution mediocre.
Claudia and Monday have been best friends since forever. Monday has been the one constant in Claudia's life since she could remember and for the first time ever they were going to be separated for months while Claudia was away visiting family. They both counted down the days until the duo could reunite on the first day of school. But then Claudia comes back and Monday doesn't reach out. Claudia waits for Monday so they could brave a new school year together but Monday never shows. She asks her teachers what happened to Monday and no one seems to know. She asks Monday's mom where her best friend is and she's told her best friend left her without saying goodbye. No one wants to give her answers she desperately needs and school isn't the same without her friend. It's a heartbreaking story told in flashbacks and flashforwards. The present day blends in with all of those other moments to weave the story of friendship and tragedy. Claudia was a girl who needed her best friend to help her navigate the drama of life as a middle schooler and now as a high schooler she looks back to see where it all went wrong. It's a story that seems so crazy that it would never happen but it does. Thousands of young black girls are lost and it doesn't matter how. The tragedy happens when someone reaches out to find the truth only to be ignored or pushed aside because they don't have the "time" or "resources" to investigate the case of a young black girl who "probably ran away from home" without giving a second thought to the fact that maybe she needs help. Even though it's a good lesson for everyone this book doesn't focus solely on that, it shows us Claudia's past as a lost teenager and then her growth as she finds help and slowly recovers from her trauma because what happened to Monday Charles didn't only affect Monday Charles.
i liked the mind twist at the end. very good read. claudia was a very good loyal friend
This was a Great read I didn't know it was a young adult book,I picked it because of the title. So I was reading it from a mother's perspective and I could relate to Claudia's mother. It was so sad at some points of the book, I can sympathize with her losing her best friend it could be devastating especially for her because she was an only child.
Great book but left a lot of loose ends that I want to know the answers to.
Beautifully done. This has been one of my favorite audiobooks to listen to with adolescents
This was a very engaging story it kept me on edge. You kind of a knew what happened but just had to keep reading to find out how it happened. I would have never guessed at the way it turned out and what was going on the whole time.
Freaking brilliant. I haven’t cried so much for so long in my life! I can’t say anymore otherwise I’ll start crying again. That story was heart wrenching.
I gave this book a solid 3 because while it’s a heartbreaking story about a young girl trying to find out what happened to her best friend there were just somethings about the book that I didn’t like.
1) The narrative for Claudia sometimes sounded way to young for a 14 year old girl and it was kinda of off putting.
2) This book hopped around like the Energizer Bunny, going from before to after to 1 year before the before, etc. It was very confusing trying to figure out the timeline.
3) There were some repetitive situations that almost mirrored each that weren’t necessarily needed and just dragged the story on.
Other than that the ending really kind os pulled the story together for me and I even shed a few tears, because no matter the faults of this book it is definitely worth reading/listening to.
1) The narrative for Claudia sometimes sounded way to young for a 14 year old girl and it was kinda of off putting.
2) This book hopped around like the Energizer Bunny, going from before to after to 1 year before the before, etc. It was very confusing trying to figure out the timeline.
3) There were some repetitive situations that almost mirrored each that weren’t necessarily needed and just dragged the story on.
Other than that the ending really kind os pulled the story together for me and I even shed a few tears, because no matter the faults of this book it is definitely worth reading/listening to.
Was a very good book a little Emotional but good
A very haunting tail . It brought back memories of a childhood friend., she too had secrets and bruises and scars. My friend never forgave me for turning her in. But I can happily say I saw her again all grown up. Miss. Johnson thank you for taking away my feelings of guilt. This could have happened to my childhood friend . To Hidie I hope the rest of your life was a good one. B.
All I can say is WOW. So many tears, so many feelings in one story. If you need a good cry, listen to this.
I have no words. litteraly. I would've never thought for a second that Monday died like that... all the signs were there but I kept thinking maybe she got herself in trouble with some boys or something... damn
This is a story of a girl who is looking for her missing friend. Claudia and Monday have been best friends since first grade but, when Claudia returns from a summer spent with her Grandmamma in Georgia, Monday is gone. They had big plans for this eighth grade year and Claudia can't imagine spending it without her best friend.The main problem is that no one else thinks that Monday's disappearance is a problem. Claudia's mother says maybe she's sick. The school says she never enrolled. And even Claudia's favorite English teacher isn't able to get any answers when she questions the school or social services. Claudia keeps trying to call but the number is out of service. Despite the fact that her mother doesn't want her to go to Claudia's neighborhood which is the most dangerous in Washington, DC, Claudia doesn't find out anything when she talks to Monday's mother. Monday's older sister keeps giving her conflicting stories, i.e. that she's home sick, that she is living with her father, that she is living with an aunt. Claudia really needs her friend at school. She is dyslexic but has been able to cover it up because Monday has been doing her writing for her and reading to her. Despite her learning disability, which she will do anything to hide, she is a talented dancer who has been moved up to a higher age level at her dancing school and talented as an artist which mainly shows up in the creative way she does nails.The story is pretty straightforward and doesn't have a happy ending but the writing style adds depth to the story by shifting around in time with each chapter. Here are the first four chapter titles so that you can see what I mean: September, The Before, The After, One Year Before the Before. I was right there with Claudia feeling her frustration as she couldn't get anyone to care as much about Monday's disappearance as she did. The story was horrifying, heart-breaking, and the kind of story that will haunt my thoughts for a long time.
This was such an amazing book. I couldn’t stop listening to it because I had to know what happened! It also made me cry ?
Another great one from Tiffany D. Jackson. Another crazy plot twist. The details of what happened to Monday were disturbing and had me tossing and turning through the night BUT it was too hard to stop listening. Love that she tied all loose ends. Will read/listen to anything by Tiffany.