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Publisher: Volo - Hyperion/Disney
Release Date: 2004
ISBN: 0-7868-1729-1
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Genre:   Children/Fantasy (ages 9-12)
Reviewed: 2004
Reviewer: Carisa Weeaks
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The Disappearance
W.I.T.C.H. series, No. 2
Adapted by Elizabeth Lenhard


        With Cornelia’s friend Elyon’s and her parents’ disappearing act, shortly after she became friends with the strange bookshop owner, and Hay-Lin’s wise grandmother falling extremely ill and dying, the girls are in a state of shock. As if things couldn’t get any worse, the girls float in between reality and their thoughts until they find out that another student, Irma’s CRUSH no less, has ALSO disappeared. Will they be able to figure out what happened to their quiet friend Elyon and cutie Andrew before the big baddies (they ran into the night they were supposed to meet Elyon at the gym) get hold of them? Will Cornelia, Taranee, Irma, Will, and Hay-Lin get past the slowly growing distances between each other before the group and the world are destroyed by the evils of Metamoor?

        This incredible second book to the series opens the characters up more to the reader. Each girl has tests and trials that make it hard for them to cope. The comedy relief from a computer and printer at the beginning of the story is an immediate foreshadowing of just how wacky and off-the-wall the lives of all five girls get. I have become a huge fan of this series and am totally in love with the concept of having the beginning and end in comic book form. It really adds to the uniqueness of the series and it’s characters. It’s quirky, cute, and charming.