The characters and friendships walk straight off the page, while the mystery drives you forward. Bailey's search for the truth drives the reader to turn page after page.' - Mikki Daughtry, co-author of New York Times bestsellers Five Feet Apart and All This Time 'Message Not Found is a compelling look at the complexity of relationships, secrets, grief, and growing up. A must-read.' - Liz Lawson, author of The Lucky Ones and The Agathas 'Message Not Found is a compelling mystery immensely readable. Medema is skilled at seeing into the heart of hard subjects, and tackling them with grace. Bailey's loss is as compelling as her search for answers, and readers will cling to the unraveling secrets along with her.' - Kyrie McCauley, Morris Award-winning author of If These Wings Could Fly 'A beautifully written, compulsively readable tale of friendship and grief in its many forms, Message Not Found is a timely stunner.

Prepare to exert extreme self-control in order to not race to the end!, 'Medema delivers on the heartbreaking premise of Message Not Found, offering a beautiful tapestry of grief and friendship, with the hint of a mystery woven seamlessly throughout. Bailey's search for the truth drives the reader to turn page after page., Message Not Found is a compelling look at the complexity of relationships, secrets, grief, and growing up. A must-read., Message Not Found is a compelling mystery immensely readable. Teens will gobble up this fast-paced page-turner.Ī beautifully written, compulsively readable tale of friendship and grief in its many forms, Message Not Found is a timely stunner. This compelling puzzle of a story, filled with engrossing twists and turns, is written in alternating prose and text message formats. That is, until the bot starts dropping hints that there was more going on with Vanessa than Bailey realized-a secret so big, it may have contributed to Vanessa's death. The more data she uploads to the bot, the more it feels like she's really talking to her best friend. To help grieve her loss, Bailey creates a chat bot of Vanessa using years' worth of their shared text messages and emails.

Now Bailey, who thought she knew Vanessa better than anyone in the world, is left with a million unanswered questions, and the only person with answers is gone. But that all changed the night Vanessa left Bailey's, headed for home, and ended up swerving off a cliff nowhere near her house. Bailey and Vanessa shared everything: laughter, secrets, and packets of Pop Rocks to ward off bad days. An emotionally complex portrayal of secrets, loss, and grief from Dante Medema, Indies Introduce author of the Indie Next Pick title The Truth Project.

Message Not Found by Dante Medema