The Lost and the Found

Reviewed by: Jan Hamilton - Long Creek Detention Center, South. Portland, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: December 4, 2016

Review

Many lives are changed when a six year old girl is taken from her yard by a stranger. Faith is raised without her older sister in a home with her depressed and desperate mother. Everything changes one day when Laurel knocks on the door of the home where she lived before being kidnapped and abused. This mysterious psychological thriller is slightly uneven as the story is unraveled. Readers hear the voice of the younger sister, it is Faith's perspective that Clarke shares. Character development varies, Faith's father is not as clearly defined as his boyfriend who reaches out in support of Faith.

Every community has heard of horrible cases involving kidnapping and abuse. This book is an undated fiction account that chills the spine and raises the hair on the necks of its readers much as the Face on the Milk Carton did 26 years ago. Public libraries will want to purchase this title as young teen girls will gravitate toward it.

Overall Book Score: good