Anne E. Schraff

In Lost and Found Darcy deals with problems that many teenagers face – friends, school, younger sisters, single working mom. But she also has the added burden of living with and caring for a grandmother she loves who is suffering from dementia. She must handle her anger and hurt regarding a father that left the family five years before. Then, there’s the stalker who shows up in unusual places. Is he the one who left the threatening note?

I jumped right into this story and worried about how Darcy would survive all of these problems. The obstacles were realistic, as were the solutions, which didn’t come quickly or easily.

I think this book is a wonderful read for its intended audience – teens who want a quick read that they can get lost in.

I received this book in a giveaway from the Goodread’s First Reads program.
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I grew up like a neglected weed, ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. Harriet Tubman ran away from slavery in 1849, walking one hundred miles to freedom in the North. For the next sixteen years, Tubman risked her newfound freedom, and her life, to help about three hundred other slaves escape. Sorting myth from truth in this amazing tale of courage and heroism, Anne Schraff breathes new life into the story of the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad. During the Civil War, Tubman worked as a nurse and a scout for the Union army, and in her later years, she joined the struggle for the education of her people and for women's rights.… (altro)