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"Missing parents" is a book category that centers on the absence, disappearance, or loss of one or both parents and the effects of that absence on the characters and plot. Stories in this category can be mysteries (a parent has vanished and must be found), domestic dramas (children or adults coping with abandonment, death, estrangement, or institutional separation), or coming-of-age tales in which the search for a missing parent becomes a quest for identity and belonging. Common elements include emotional and psychological exploration of grief, resilience, custody and guardianship conflicts, secrets from the past, and themes of family, trust, and reconciliation; tone ranges from suspenseful and dark to hopeful and redemptive, and the category appears across ages and genres from middle-grade and YA to literary fiction and thrillers.

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