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Opened in excitement! The cover showed serenity, but seemed to hide a lot about the main story or...
Set in 1962, Pete, an 11 year old boy who adores his father, lives in a farmhouse with his family...
ISSAC has a promising premise, yet one which has nearly always ended in death for the main...
A good mystery is waiting beyond the pages of this book. The synopsis makes me excited to be a...
It's off to a great start. Makes me feel for Pete immediately. Can't wait to read where it...
This sounds like a good way to look into some history and race relations. I'd like to see more...
I first saw this book as an ad on Goodreads and judging from the first chapter it won't...
This was a short but intriguing first look. It’s obvious that Isaac plays an integral role in...
The opening chapter of this book pulled me in and I want to read more of the story. It appears...
Wow, Luesse sure knows how to start a story! Short as this first chapter is, it is able to...
Missing Isaac begins with a tragic event, and introduces us to Pete and Isaac. I really...
This book is about my time and place. I lived in Alabama in the 1960s. I know the problems we...
The first chapter is action-packed and very vivid. It most certainly draws you in! I found myself...
The cover is very cute & definitely appropriate for the book. It sounds like a very heartwarming...
Love! I need to read more of this book! The imagery is excellent and I felt like I could picture...
I want to read this one! It sounds like it has the basics of things I like in a book- crime for...
Wow how amazing that just one chapter - just a few pages can be so vividly described and...
The first chapter of Missing Issac grabbed me from the start. The short chapter was a total...
From the synopsis of the book to the first 4 pages, it seems like it might be something I would...
When I saw the cover, I thought what a lovely scene. Then reading about the book, I realized an...
Just the first impression has me wanting to read more. It's a very tragic beginning to the book...
I have really enjoyed the beginning of this story. It makes you curious to read more of this book...
It has always worried me when a novel starts with a characters personal tragedy. It foreshadows a...
I've enjoyed the author's essays in Southern Living magazine and when I read she was writing a...
These few pages held my interest right away. You have a son playing checkers and the tranquility...
This looks really good! First, I love the setting of the south during the Civil Rights era. The...
First of all, the cover is so intriguing. It made me immediately take a closer look at what was...
The book cover is very nostalgic and the blurb is so fascinating. Quite timely, too, since we...
Although this first impression was only four pages long, it was a strong start to the story that...
The short excerpt set the stage for how Pete is connected with Isaac. I look forward to reading...
Initially the title and the cover drew me in. Reading the synopsis, I knew I definitely wanted...
In the deep rural South, in a decade of turmoil, a farm hand names Isaac is missing. Pete, who...
The cover is cute but not extremely gripping. After reading the premise, I was interested enough...
I thought this brief excerpt managed to capture a sense of place and time, and also Pete’s strong...
At a time where race has a front seat at the table, I’m intrigued to see how this story plays...
The synopsis alone drew me into Missing Isaac, let alone the opening chapter. Valerie Fraser...
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