In the book vanished the conflict is that people are blaming Jessica that she killed the cheerleader. People put all their faith into Jessica because” she used to be physic” and could find missing people. When the popular cheerleader went missing and everybody was calling her she wasn’t around to help.
Jessica is facing her own battles in life and she really doesn’t need people saying it was her fault the girl died .Like every high school student there is a popularity contest and Jessica is not really on the popular side. She is struggling with Anger management and fighting people in the school. Jessica always feels like she has to protect her brother because he is kind of slow but she loves him a lot but nobody seems to understand that in her small town.
Also there’s a conflict because sense it’s such a small town its harder for her to live her life as a teenager in this town everybody always knows what you’re doing and always remember. Now Jessica is on a new case but I think it’s going to be hard for her to keep it a secret.