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If You Find Me
by Emily Murdoch
If You Find Me reminded me of Room By Emma Donoghue but only really in the overriding topic – children being hidden away from society. Carey was taken by her mother when she was young and taken away to live in the forest. Now fourteen she looks after her little sister Jenessa. Jenessa has never been in the ‘real world’ and does not speak. After her mother being away for longer than usual both Jenessa and Carey are surprised when a man and women appear at their camp site. Carey’s father has found them and the adventure into the real world is beginning. Carey does not know if she should believe what her mother said about her father – that she saved her from him. And so we journey into the adjustments both her fathers family and Jenessa and Carey must make.
This is an exciting novel. It captures you from the beginning. Fast paced then dealing with the difficulties of adjusting to the new life Carey is now leading. Carey is the protagonist and we see the world from her eyes. We begin to understand the complexities of growing up in the forest away from society and being plucked out and thrown back into society. Lets us understand the mixed feelings that comes so often in abuse cases. I would highly recommend this novel to young adults, and view it as the young adults version of Room By Emma Donoghue.
This is an exciting novel. It captures you from the beginning. Fast paced then dealing with the difficulties of adjusting to the new life Carey is now leading. Carey is the protagonist and we see the world from her eyes. We begin to understand the complexities of growing up in the forest away from society and being plucked out and thrown back into society. Lets us understand the mixed feelings that comes so often in abuse cases. I would highly recommend this novel to young adults, and view it as the young adults version of Room By Emma Donoghue.