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If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch

If You Find Me

A Novel

Emily Murdoch, Tai Sammons, Blackstone Audio, Inc.

St. Martin's Press · Print & ebook · April 8, 2014

NOW INCLUDING A BRAND-NEW EPILOGUE!

YA MysteriesMental Illness for TeensAbuse & Trauma for Teensteens
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Who it’s for
A warm, absorbing YA read with family hurt at its center and enough tenderness to keep.
Genres
Abuse & Trauma for Teens, Mental Illness for Teens, YA Mysteries
Published
St. Martin's Press, April 8, 2014

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NOW INCLUDING A BRAND-NEW EPILOGUE! There are some things you can't leave behind... In If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch, 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; the one bright spot is 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.

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Until that one fateful day their mother has disappeared 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 secrets, 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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A warm, absorbing YA read with family hurt at its center and enough tenderness to keep.

Come here for

  • warm, immersive YA voice
  • sibling-centered emotional tension

Expect

  • abuse-and-trauma lens
  • adoption and sibling-story framing

Where it sits

Abuse & Trauma for Teens49%
YA Mysteries45%
Mental Illness for Teens42%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Sibling Stories
  • YA Stories About Girls & Women
  • Abuse & Trauma for Teens
Authors
Emily Murdoch, Tai Sammons, Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Published
April 8, 2014
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
YA Sibling Stories