They Never Came Back by Caroline B. Cooney

Ok, if you've read anything by Caroline, you know anything she writes should be good.  This was no exception.  They Never Came Back grabs you and throws you in there with the sharks!  You're thrown into the life of the Lymans.  Rory and Cade and their little daughter Murielle.  Well, Rory and Cade were pretty much into stocks and financial stuff, stole their clients' money.....you know, stuff you hear about in the news all the time.  But instead of them getting arrested, they fled and were never heard from again.  Rory's sister, Murielle's aunt, was driving Murielle to the airport and had a change of heart and refused to be a part of anything.  Long story short, the Lymans left their daughter behind.  She ended up being thrown into the government foster system.  She was moved from foster home to foster home all the while being questioned by the FBI.  She refused to talk at all, so she was silent for years, not eating, throwing up, depressed trying to grasp why here parents never came back for her.  She soon found foster parents that she loved and in turn they loved her.  She changed her identity to Cathy Ferris, all luxuries and society rank  gone.  She was eventually lost in the system until one day she found her cousin on the internet.  She decided to go to the summer school he was enrolled in and things snowballed from there.  He instantly recognized her and started a debate throughout the whole school of who she really was.  The old FBI agent on the case shows up asking the same questions thinking she isn't really Murielle and wants to set up a sting to lure her parents back.  The book is pretty fast paced and dramatic.  I was on the edge the entire time wanting to know what was going to happen next.  The ONLY thing I absolutely didn't like was the ending!!!!  The book was great and you should read it, but you'll be ticked off at the ending.  My lips are sealed because I think you should read it in order to find out what happens!!  On a side note, another book by Caroline that i would suggest if you like this one would be Code Orange.