Vanished! (2) (Framed!) Hardcover – August 22, 2017

Florian Bates and Margaret Campbell are at it again. It being working for the FBI. This time, their job is to attend Chatham School, where the president's daughter attends, to solve the mystery of a prankster, code name, Loki. They use The Theory of All Small Things (TOAST) to help them. And there are over-laying puzzles along the way -- including Florian's bullying by a nasty, spoiled Senator's son. The kids at Chatham are all children of the higher ups in Washington. The story takes a surprising and satisfying turn along the way (many, actually). Florian and Margaret, plus their FBI handler, Marcus, are in fine form.What stopped this novel from getting 5 stars is that it takes too long to take off. Plodded along for over 100 pages. Once it got going, however, the action was breathless. As usual, Mr. Ponti filled the reader with historical knowledge without hammering it. Okay, if I could've given it 4.5 stars, I would have. Recommended!

My son, who typically prefers to play flag football or video games than read, enjoyed the first book in this series, FRAMED. Then he began VANISHED! and couldn't put it down. Florian Bates, the protagonist, is a middle schooler who is very good at noticing details that other people miss. So good, that he solved the mystery of an art theft that had stumped the grown ups in the first book (FRAMED!) and now he's a consultant to the FBI. He goes undercover at an elite prep school in Washington, D.C. to figure out who is behind a series of pranks. There is a varsity lacrosse player from a wealthy, politically elite family that bullies him and Florian bravely sets a trap that the bully arrogantly walks right into. It's a thing of beauty. The author realistically portrays the social dynamics among the cliques at the school, and there are wonderful scenes showing the strong friendship between Florian and his neighbor/sleuthing partner Margaret. This is a suspenseful read with a lot of humor and fun twists.

I love all of these books, framed, vanished, trapped!! They were so good and they kept me engaged the whole time, I just wanted to keep reading. I loved reading them and they were so well written!

I bought two sets of these and sent them to two kiddos I know stuck at home during the pandemic. They both loved the series. One stayed up all night and read the first two books. I would highly recommend these. I love seeing kids read in a world with too much screen time!

This was proboply one of the best books I have ever read. Great mystery book! I could not put it down. I do reccomened you read the first one berfore this one. I can't wait to read the next one!

As good as described 5*****

i read vanished and i was hooked at undercover at private school i would read it 10times if i had to pluse my whole life

My daughter read Framed about 5 times in a row, so when we found out there was a sequel we bought it immediately. It started a bit slower and took her a few chapters to get into it, but then she was hooked. She loved this book and from that point on she couldn't put it down until it was finished.