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| Original Title: | If You Find Me |
| ISBN: | 1250021529 (ISBN13: 9781250021526) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Carey Blackburn, Jenessa Blackburn |
| Setting: | Tennessee,2013(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Young Adults (2015), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2015), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2014), Waterstones Children's Book Prize Nominee (2014), Cyril's Award Nominee (2013) Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction and for Debut Author (2013), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2014), Green Mountain Book Award Nominee (2016) |
Emily Murdoch
Hardcover | Pages: 248 pages Rating: 4.07 | 18533 Users | 2997 Reviews
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| Title | : | If You Find Me |
| Author | : | Emily Murdoch |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 248 pages |
| Published | : | March 26th 2013 by Griffin |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Contemporary. Fiction. Mystery. Realistic Fiction. Sociology. Abuse. Teen |
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There are some things you can’t leave behind…A broken-down camper hidden deep in a national forest is the only home fifteen year-old Carey can remember. The trees keep guard over her threadbare existence, with the one bright spot being Carey’s younger sister, Jenessa, who depends on Carey for her very survival. All they have is each other, as their mentally ill mother comes and goes with greater frequency. Until that one fateful day their mother disappears for good, and two strangers arrive. Suddenly, the girls are taken from the woods and thrust into a bright and perplexing new world of high school, clothes and boys.
Now, Carey must face the truth of why her mother abducted her ten years ago, while haunted by a past that won’t let her go… a dark past that hides many a secret, including the reason Jenessa hasn’t spoken a word in over a year. Carey knows she must keep her sister close, and her secrets even closer, or risk watching her new life come crashing down.
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Ratings: 4.07 From 18533 Users | 2997 ReviewsAssessment Out Of Books If You Find Me
I just finished this book about 5 minutes ago. I loved it. It was heart breaking and heart warming. I cannot wait for more from Emily Murdoch. So glad I stumbled across this book."A book is a living, breathing thing. It spends the first chapters of it's life curled up in the mind, symbiotic with its creator as it grows fat and round." Emily MurdochI'm so very glad that this book grew into being. I picked up this small book when I saw it on my friend Jenny's favorite's list. I didn't really imagine what a punch these 245 pages could begin to deliver.Carey is fourteen and taking care of her sister Jenessa in a camper. Not just any camper-these girls have no running water,
This is a pretty heartbreaking story, and I found it a difficult read. There's no other way for me to say this without sounding like a horrible parson lacking empathy, but it was frustrating for me to read this book from Carey's point of view, because her world view is so warped from all the abuse she has suffered, and all the brainwashing her mother has put her through.After nearly a decade of being kidnapped by her mentally unstable and drug-addicted mother, Carey and her half sister Jenessa
In most recent news:IF YOU FIND ME has been optioned for film!https://twitter.com/leftywritey/statu...(Popcorn flying everywhere! : ) And as many continue to ask, yes, there is an epilogue. You can find it in the paperback and Kindle editions of the novel.As always, thank you for your kind words, your thoughtful reviews and your touching, heartfelt letters. It's a privilege to know Carey's journey has touched so many hearts and set so many of you on courageous journeys of your own.Where there's
If You Find Me was a story that took me through a whole range of emotions, and tore out my heart at times, but for the most part, it was a story filled with hope. Fifteen year-old Carey has been raised in woods with her little sister Jenessa by their mother, both isolated from the outside since for most of her life. Thanks to her mother, Carey has always been under the impression they ran to escape her dangerous father. Her life in the woods has been no picnic (total understatement), but she
Carey and Jenessa are living in a camper in the woods, surviving on beans and whatever else they can find for food. Used to their mother coming and going, often disappearing for long periods of time, they don't think anything different of this time - until she doesn't come back. Instead, two strangers find them and take them back to the world outside. If You Find Me is a story of two sisters adapting to a new life, facing the painful truth of their past and confronting their mother's behaviour,
We find the beauty, even in the lack. That's human. We make the best of what we're given. The beautiful, heart-breaking story of Carey (15), who was hidden away by her mentally ill and drug addicted Mama in the woods, and who had to fend for herself and her younger sister, Jenessa (5). Written in a straight-forward, uncomplicated but deeply affecting style, which I thought was perfect as this is classified as YA, and because this is the way a young, self-schooled girl would express herself. I
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