<div><b>"Channeling early Stephen King at his best" (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, starred review), <i>You Must Not Miss</i> is a twisted and suspenseful story of female rage for fans of<i> One of Us Is Lying </i>and <i>Carrie</i>.</b><br><br> Magpie Lewis started writing in her yellow notebook the day after her family self-destructed. The day her father ruined her mother''s life. The day Eryn, Magpie''s sister, skipped town and left her to fend for herself. The day of Brandon Phipp''s party.<br><br> Now Magpie is called a slut in the hallways of her high school, her former best friend won''t speak to her, and she spends her lunch period with a group of misfits who''ve all been as socially exiled as she has. And so, feeling trapped and forgotten, Magpie retreats to her notebook, dreaming up a magical place called Near.<br><br> Near is perfect--a place where her father never cheated, her mother never drank, and Magpie''s own life never derailed so suddenly. She imagines Near so completely, so