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If You Find Me
by Emily Murdoch
Carey and her younger sister, Janessa, grew up filthy and neglected in a camper in the middle of the Tennessee forest. Their mother, a bipolar meth addict, was frequently abusive and more frequently absent. She also invited men to the camper and allowed them to abuse Carey in exchange for drugs.
But then, they are located by a social worker and placed with Carey's father (Janessa's father is unknown). New clothes, schooling, friends, and other previously unknown things replace their awful previous lifestyle, but Carey is worried that Janessa, who is selectively mute, will start to speak and spill Carey's worst secret from the woods.
This started out really promising, but kinda went off the rails at a certain point. Carey barely walks through the school doors when a cute boy is all over her. The first girl she talks to becomes her best friend. And I don't know about the author's choice to make our neglected heroine a model-gorgeous violin prodigy who is versed in Tennyson. Was she worried that readers wouldn't sympathize with a homely, illiterate child? I would be able to. Seems like too easy of a choice.
But then, they are located by a social worker and placed with Carey's father (Janessa's father is unknown). New clothes, schooling, friends, and other previously unknown things replace their awful previous lifestyle, but Carey is worried that Janessa, who is selectively mute, will start to speak and spill Carey's worst secret from the woods.
This started out really promising, but kinda went off the rails at a certain point. Carey barely walks through the school doors when a cute boy is all over her. The first girl she talks to becomes her best friend. And I don't know about the author's choice to make our neglected heroine a model-gorgeous violin prodigy who is versed in Tennyson. Was she worried that readers wouldn't sympathize with a homely, illiterate child? I would be able to. Seems like too easy of a choice.