The Unexcused Absence

Classes at the elite private school Hillview Academy are no joke. With a major grade for a group project due today, you are already nervous. Your anxiety doubles when you realize that your group partner and friend has gone missing while investigating a scoop for the school paper. With limited time before the project is due, you scour the halls of Hillview and attempt to track him down. But, the more you search and learn, the more you realize that your friend didn’t just flake on you. Something happened to him, and the cause of his sudden disappearance may be much more serious than you realized. As you uncover more secrets at Hillview Academy, you realize there might be more at stake than just your grade. Will you find your friend in time and explain the Unexcused Absence? Difficulty Rating - TBA QR Code reader and internet access required. Originally released as the monthly subscription mystery for September 2025. —description from the publisher