The Stranger Game is a dark, suspenseful, mystery novel by Cylin Busby, and was published on October 25, 2016.
The main character is a fifteen-year-old girl named Nico Morris. When she was eleven, her older sister, Sarah, went missing at the age of fifteen.
Before Sarah's disappearance, she would verbally and physically abuse Nico. Nico could never tell their parents because they wouldn't believe her and it would make Sarah become more cruel towards her.
Despite how Sarah treated Nico, everyone else saw her as a wonderful person. She was the head cheerleader, made good grades, and was beautiful.
Once Sarah went missing, Nico felt as if her life took a turn for the better. She was no longer being tormented everyday, she didn't have to live in Sarah's spotlight anymore.
Nico and her family searched for Sarah for four years, with all the leads and attempts coming to dead ends. People began to assume that she was dead, until the Morris family receives a call about a girl found a few states over claiming to be Sarah.
The Morris' make their way to meet the girl who's saying she's Sarah. Once the family sees her, they all believe it's really her, everyone except Nico. Nico notices small differences about Sarah, her hair is darker, she's slightly shorter, and thinner than Sarah was before she went missing.
Nico was the only one to recognize these differences, so she feels as if she's overthinking it.
Sarah doesn't recall much of anything from her experience. She only remembers waking up on a bench when the police found her. She has cigarette burns all over her back, evidence of sexual abuse, a healed broken arm, and some missing teeth.
After the family brings her home, more and more things point to this girl not being the real Sarah. If this isn't truly her, what actually happened to the real Sarah?
There's many twists and turns throughout The Stranger Game. This book is great for anyone who enjoys mystery novels.