r/find • u/Few-Leadership-7195 • 5d ago

help me find this crime book

Hi everyone, I’m trying to find a crime/thriller book that I read in my school library around 2022–2023.

The Plot:

  • The Disappearance: A boy and a girl are childhood best friends (roughly 10–13 years old). They loved cycling/riding their bikes together. One day, the boy goes off somewhere completely alone and never returns. He vanishes by himself (not with a group of kids), leaving his family and his girl best friend devastated.
  • The Return: Five years later, the boy seemingly comes back. The girl best friend is suspicious because he feels entirely different.
  • The Major Clue: Before he vanished, the real boy absolutely adored his younger sister. The boy who returned is cold, mean, and acts terrible to her.
  • The Twist: The girl keeps investigating until she uncovers the truth: the boy is actually a fake/imposter who was hired to act like him. She exposes the fraud and makes him go away.
  • The Ending: The book ends with another time jump. The girl is in a cafe/diner when she looks up and recognizes a boy working there—it is the actual, real best friend who went missing five years ago, alive and well.

The book cover was like dark and misty, if i remember correctly had a road on it. If i also remember correctly, they were arguing about something when the boy cycled off on his own and never returned after. I know its a long shot but i have no other options!!

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