The Lost & Found

The Lost & Found
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مشارکت: عنوان و توضیح کوتاه هر کتاب را ترجمه کنید این ترجمه بعد از تایید با نام شما در سایت نمایش داده خواهد شد.
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فرمت کتاب

ebook

تاریخ انتشار

2016

نویسنده

Katrina Leno

ناشر

HarperTeen

شابک

9780062231222
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  • نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی

Publisher's Weekly

May 2, 2016
Frances and Louis live on opposite sides of the U.S., but they have been in touch for years through an online chat group for those coping with trauma. (Frances has lost her parents—one to jail, one to a mental institution—while Louis feels responsible for the accident that cost his sister her legs.) After Louis gets a tennis scholarship and a letter from Frances’s late mother reveals shocking (and probably untrue) details about Frances’s “real” father, the two make plans to meet each other in Texas and answer burning questions about their identities and futures. Frances and Louis have heavy psychological burdens, but Leno (The Half Life of Molly Pierce), alternating between the teens’ perspectives, uses their optimism and sense of humor to bring lightness to the story. Leno takes her time building each protagonist’s present and the past that informs it, which—while helpful for character and background—draws out the wait until their inevitable meeting. But patient readers will be rewarded with a rich, romantic story about two thoughtful teenagers on a quest for meaning. Ages 13–up. Agent: Wendy Schmalz, Wendy Schmalz Agency.



Kirkus

May 1, 2016
Two teens on opposite coasts who've bonded closely in an anonymous online therapy group for trauma victims embark with companions on cross-country road trips to meet in Austin, Texas.In Maryland, when Frances discovers her mother has died after spending years in a nearby mental hospital, the white teen's custodial grandparents admit they'd withheld the truth, including letters to Frances from her mother insisting Frances' father is a movie star. In Los Angeles, biracial Indian-American Louis feels responsible for the childhood accident that cost his twin sister, Willa, her legs. Willa's trauma's mainly physical; Louis' manifests in insomnia and panic attacks. He's also a tennis wunderkind and has been offered free admission to the University of Texas. Soon Frances is driving to Austin, home to her purported father, with her cousin Arrow, adopted from Vietnam, in tow. Louis and Willa drive east to tour the university and meet Frances. For years, random items in Frances' and Louis' possession have inexplicably vanished, including the letters from Frances' mom and Louis' tennis racket. Traveling, each finds missing items the other had lost. The quirky, occasionally clunky plot mostly hums along, guided by the author's light narrative hand. Willa and Louis, whose disabilities are never trivialized, are especially well-drawn, lending gravitas where needed, but the superfluous fantastical elements fail to earn suspension of disbelief.The plot's flawed, but it's executed by characters readers can believe in and care about. (Magical realism. 13-16)

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School Library Journal

March 1, 2016

Gr 7-10-Louis and Frannie, two teens who meet in an online support group for trauma survivors, have an odd tendency to lose things-in the trunk of a car, off their desks when their backs are turned, and in other bewildering ways. Though they only know each other through the web-they don't even use their real names-they each receive a package in the mail that has them taking off on a road trip to Texas to find each other. This is a beautiful exploration of loss in many forms and the emotional toll it can take on those who are affected. Quirky, endearing, and believable characters propel a narrative that pulls readers in with every mile of the road trip. The unusual aspect of disappearing objects plays wonderfully into the story, and, rather than being a distraction, it serves as a driving force that expands the deeper themes. Strong and multilayered characterization adds complexity and authenticity to the storytelling. There is a subtle examination of the healing benefits of therapy, and readers will come away with the knowledge that people are much more than they appear. VERDICT An emotional journey that's well worth the ride.-Elizabeth Speer, Weatherford College, Weatherford, TX

Copyright 2016 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.



Booklist

Starred review from June 1, 2016
Grades 9-12 *Starred Review* Frannie's mother committed suicide after a long disappearanceone that Frannie's grandparents tried to explain away in order to protect their granddaughter. When Louis and his twin sister, Willa, were children, they ventured onto a fire escape, and Willa's ensuing fall resulted in amputations of both her legsthe beginning of her life with prostheses and lifelong guilt for Louis. Frannie and Louis met as children via an online support group and developed a years-long friendship that culminates in a road trip: the teens travel from opposite coasts to meet in Austin, Texas. Frannie is in search of her long-lost father, supposedly in Austin; Louis heads to the university there to check out a tennis scholarship opportunity, and, of course, they both want to meet each other. Willa joins Louis, and Frannie is accompanied by her cousin Arrow. The relationship between each family pair crackles with wit, humor, and enormous love, revealing the vulnerabilities of all four teens with heartrending honesty. A charming fablelike thread of magical realism, involving the mysterious disappearance and reappearance of meaningful objects, runs through the plot as well. Of course, savvy readers will know the real lost and found refers to the fascinating characters in this riveting tale, who, after enough loss, struggle to find themselves and make each other whole.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)




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