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Jane Anonymous: A Novel Hardcover – January 7, 2020

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Now adapted as a fiction podcast series from FictionZ and Apple, starring Mina Sindwall (Lost in Space)!

Bestselling author Laurie Faria Stolarz’s thrilling novel Jane Anonymous is a revelatory confessional of a seventeen-year-old girl’s fight to escape a kidnapper―and her struggles to connect with loved ones and a life that no longer exists.

Seven months.

That’s how long I was kept captive.

Locked in a room with a bed, refrigerator, and adjoining bathroom, I was instructed to eat, bathe, and behave. I received meals, laundered clothes, and toiletries through a cat door, never knowing if it was day or night. The last time I saw the face of my abductor was when he dragged me fighting from the trunk of his car. My only solace was Mason―one of the other kidnapped teens―and our pact to one day escape together. But when that day finally came, I had to leave him behind.

Now that I’m home, my parents and friends want everything to be like it was before I left. But they don’t understand that dining out and shopping trips can’t heal what’s broken inside me. I barely leave my bedroom. Therapists are clueless and condescending. So I start my own form of therapy―but writing about my experience awakens uncomfortable memories, ones that should’ve stayed buried.

When I ask the detectives assigned to my case about Mason, I get an answer I don’t believe―that there were no traces of any other kidnapped kids. But I distinctly remember the screams, holding hands with Mason through a hole in my wall, and sharing a chocolate bar. I don’t believe he wasn’t really there and I’m determined to find him. How far will I have to go to uncover the truth of what happened―and will it break me forever?

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    January 7, 2020
  5. Grade level
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  6. Reading age
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    5.85 x 1.3 x 8.55 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    1250303702
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YALSA 2021 Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominee
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"Stolarz ups the psychological ante...the depth of psychological intrigue is absorbing, and the twist on Stockholm syndrome disturbing...this novel is a testament to how the mind can reshape reality in order to survive...Powerfully graphic." - Kirkus, Starred Review

"A story about lingering trauma, loss, and the journey toward healing, this gripping crime novel could be a documentary from the Investigation Discovery channel. A must-read." - School Library Journal

"This engrossing confessional is both heartbreaking and hopeful." - Booklist

"A brave and bold piece of fiction. Jane Anonymous is riveting. It will scare you, intrigue you, and keep you up reading way too late." - C.C. Hunter, New York Times bestselling author

"An engrossingly tense yet tender story that digs deep. Jane Anonymous isn't your average thriller, it's full of heart and determination." - Tiffany D. Jackson, author of Let Me Hear a Rhyme and Monday's Not Coming

“Thrilling, captivating, and compulsively readable.”―Leila Sales, author of This Song Will Save Your Life

"A timely, suspenseful tale of trauma and its aftereffects – of how you can never go home again and how the things you remember are just as important as the things you don’t. Readers will devour each page like a trail of breadcrumbs left by Stolarz all the way up until the book’s twisty end. There is nothing anonymous about Jane – she is all of us." -Tonya Hurley New York Times bestselling author of the ghostgirl series and The Blessed Trilogy.

"It's no surprise that Laurie Faria Stolarz has delivered another taut, potent page-turner, replete with shivers and plenty of twists. But with Jane Anonymous, she ratchets up the tension and digs deep, offering the reader a nuanced reflection on identity, memory, and intimacy that grabs hold and doesn't let go." - Micol Ostow, internationally bestselling author of The Devil and Winnie Flynn and Riverdale: The Day Before

"Jane Anonymous is equal parts terrifying and heartbreaking. I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I’m STILL thinking about it." ―Stacey Kade, author of Finding Felicity and The Ghost and the Goth

"Jane Anonymous is a haunting, horrifying tale I won't soon forget. Jane grabbed me from the first page and still refuses to let go." - Cyn Balog, Author of Alone and That Night

About the Author

Laurie Faria Stolarz is the author of several popular young adult novels including the Dark House series, the Touch series, Project 17, Shutter, and Bleed, as well as the bestselling Blue is for Nightmares series. With over a million books sold worldwide, Stolarz’s titles have been translated into thirty languages, been named on numerous award lists, including the Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers list and the Top Ten Teen Pick list, both through the American Library Association, and have been optioned for TV.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wednesday Books (January 7, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250303702
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250303707
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 - 18 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.85 x 1.3 x 8.55 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Laurie Faria Stolarz is the author of several popular young adult novels including the Dark House series, the Touch series, Project 17, Shutter, and Bleed, (all published by Disney/Hyperion Books for Children), as well as the bestselling Blue is for Nightmares series (Flux Publications). With over a million books sold worldwide, Stolarz’s titles have been translated into thirty languages, been named on numerous award lists, developed into podcast series, and optioned for TV. Her newest title, The Last Secret You'll Ever Keep, was released in winter of 2021, a companion book to Jane Anonymous, which was named a 2020 Best Book for Young Adults by Kirkus. For more information, please visit her website at www.lauriestolarz.com.

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She was kidnapped and held hostage for 7 months. She was given meals through a cat door, expected to behave, earning stars in doing so. She hasn’t seen her abductor since he took her. The only thing keeping her sane, was Mason and the voice of her best friend, Shelley from home. Her and Mason held hands through a hole in the wall, talked about before they were taken, and how they’ll one day escape together. When the time comes, she has to leave Mason behind, swearing she’ll come back for him. Writing down her experience has become a therapeutic discomfort as memories come back. The truth of what happened might leave her broken forever....I first added this to my TBR because @katie_b_is_reading gave it 5 stars, so I had to give it a go! I always try to write your handles down next to the title when I add a book to my TBR💕! Anyways, I’ve been kind of in a reading slump this month. I thought this book was very well written. The chapters are short and sweet, which is my favorite. This is easy to go “one more chapter” to and then you’re reading for another hour. The chapters switch between now and then. You feel sympathy for Jane in every way. When she was taken I was smacking my head at how being trusting can get you in trouble. I kept putting myself in her position. Wondering what I would do. How I would before and after. It makes you realize how easy this can happen. How often it does every day. It wasn’t a fast paced thriller, but I would recommend this.
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Sofia Baraklilis
5.0 out of 5 stars a riveting story
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2023
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Jane Anonymous follows Jane, a teenager who had been kidnapped and held captive for seven months. Told in alternating chapters of the past (during captivity) and the present we see the effects of what that does to someone and those around her.

I really loved this book. I read it via audiobook and I really enjoyed the narrator Emily Bauer who gave it an A+ acting performance in my opinion, which just kept me sucked into this story. The suspense in this novel had me glued and I felt like I was right with Jane as she got kidnapped, as she found herself in a locked room, and during her escape. Afterwards, after captivity, seeing Jane coping with being ‘free’ and how her family and friends expect her to just move on is heartbreaking. This novel is graphic but not in a way that is sexual or overly violent. It’s graphic in the fact that you truly feel like you are Jane, experiencing her fear, anger, and hopelessness right with her- it truly made me feel like I was reading a real account of someone who went through this and its almost like I should stop reading something so painful and disturbing but at the same time I couldn’t put it down.

I liked that this novel explored the trauma of the actual event and also explores the afterwards. Some stories may have stopped right have Jane escaped and was rescued but I like that this story shows us Jane after her seven months in captivity and how that trauma still lives on and there isn’t necessarily a ‘happily ever after’ ending right after the fact. This story was altogether real and Jane was relatable and I would highly recommend.
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Lindsi @ Do You Dog-ear?
4.0 out of 5 stars "She's a character you want to rage for."
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2020
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I read and loved Deadly Little Secret and the rest of the Touch series by Stolarz, so I was stoked to see she'd written something new! As a parent, Jane Anonymous was hard to read. I don't know what I would do if my child was abducted𑁋just thinking about the possibility makes me nauseas and panicky.

This book is told from Jane's perspective (she's a somewhat unreliable narrator, and doesn't remember everything that happened to her while she was held captive), although the main character doesn't use her real name or places. She's journaling about the events that happened before, during (Then), and after (Now) she went missing, so we live through her experiences and how she remembers them. We're told at the start that names and places will be altered to protect her identity, and I thought it was a really interesting way to tell the story.

My one issue would be the secondary characters (especially Jane's mom), because I refuse to believe a parent would be so daft. Jane's mother wanted her daughter to simply pick up where she left𑁋go out with friends, see an old (sort of) boyfriend, and even go to prom. For [beep]'s sake, your only child was missing for seven months𑁋went through something unimaginable𑁋and you want her to go dancing?? It doesn't take a genius to realize that things are not going to be the same, and it's ridiculous to think otherwise. Captivity changes people. It's safe to assume that a person would not jump back into their old life, so I got increasingly frustrated when her mother kept pushing her to do things the old Jane would do. Her mother's constant disappointment was a drain on Jane. She felt responsible for how other people were feeling, and it was heartbreaking to read how that made her feel about herself.

Jane kept telling people what she wanted, and she tried to express what she needed from them, but they were too busy trying to push their own agendas. She was the victim, not them. Her mental stability should have trumped their petty priorities. Even her best friend, Shelly, wanted Jane to talk about what happened. She asked very probing questions𑁋and thought she had a right to𑁋because they used to be close and talked about everything. Where was her compassion? Was her need to know more important than Jane's recovery? Her feelings? She should have been allowed to talk when she was willing, and not pressured into discussing the gruesome details of what transpired while she was missing. (Also, other friends calling her bratty because she wanted to stay home and not hang out with them, was stupid and selfish.)

Additionally, once she does return home, strangers are pressing her for information. Reporters were outside of her house, news vans, friends of the family, neighbors - - leave the girl alone! You can be concerned from a distance. Make a meal for the family and discreetly leave it on the doorstep. Don't do something just for the sake of getting the "inside scoop". Also, don't walk up to someone and tell them how inspiring or brave they are. They don't want to hear that [beep]. People who are actively suffering (and even people who aren't) don't want to hear how their traumatic experiences have made you feel. They're likely trying to get through life one day at a time, and your "well-meaning" words are only making it more difficult. Besides, there's no way you could possibly relate to what they've been through, unless you've gone through something similar yourself. Even then, no two situations are the same.

Basically, bad things happen to people, and it's not your job to sniff out the details. Leave people alone so they can heal and work towards some semblance of a normal life. If they want to talk, they'll talk. I wish the secondary characters in this book had been more supportive and understanding, yet even the therapists seemed to fail at having a clue. It's their job, and they still managed to make Jane feel unheard. It was saddening to see what she had to endure even after her escape. There was one person that mad Jane feel like she could breathe, and I wish there had been more interactions between them.

There are a few revelations that were surprising to Jane, but that seemed obvious from an outsider's perspective. A couple of details here and there didn't make sense, so I started crafting my own version of events alongside Jane's. Eventually the two overlapped (when Jane is presented with irrefutable evidence), and while I wasn't too surprised, I thought the end result was well-crafted. I felt Jane's fear and uncertainty, her convictions and subtle strengths. She's a character you want to rage for. Stolarz's story was believable, brutal, and something that will stay with me for a long time. (★★★★☆)
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Jade Hansen
5.0 out of 5 stars Laurie Never Disappoints!
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2023
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I have been a fan of Laurie's books since Blue is for Nightmares first hit shelves. And she just keeps writing incredible and beautiful and gut-wrenching tales, including this one. She's been my favorite author since BIFN and she still is. Jane Anonymous is just as good as her other books and I couldn't put it down! Thank you for the stories Laurie!
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Megan zegveldt
5.0 out of 5 stars A journey of healing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 2, 2022
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I read this book in one sitting. I couldn’t put it down. The jumps from past to present kept me interested throughout and I am a huge fan of when authors address the reader directly.
I like that we received all of the answers and it all made sense.
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