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The Lost Girl

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The Lost Girl

By: Anne Ursu
Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney
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Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of 2019

Anne Ursu, author of the National Book Award nominee The Real Boy, returns with a story of the power of fantasy, the limits of love, and the struggles inherent in growing up.

When you’re an identical twin, your story always starts with someone else. For Iris, that means her story starts with Lark.

Iris has always been the grounded, capable, and rational one; Lark has been inventive, dreamy, and brilliant - and from their first moments in the world together, they’ve never left each other’s side. Everyone around them realized early on what the two sisters already knew: They had better outcomes when they were together.

When fifth grade arrives, however, it's decided that Iris and Lark should be split into different classrooms, and something breaks in them both.

Iris is no longer so confident; Lark retreats into herself as she deals with challenges at school. And at the same time, something strange is happening in the city around them, things both great and small going missing without a trace.

As Iris begins to understand that anything can be lost in the blink of an eye, she decides it’s up to her to find a way to keep her sister safe.

©2019 Anne Ursu (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers
Family Life Fantasy & Magic Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy
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This is great! My daughter loved it so much! Great story, performance, and story! Completely recommend!

Sarah

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I think Ursu has her finger on that age of life when we are at a tipping point. In "Breadcrumbs" (main character is so totally unique and alone) and "The Lost Girl" (identical twins, yet who feel separately alone against the world), Ursu has combined near-fairy tales with clever insights into finding out about one's self. Along the way, we get ever so many authorial asides on the nature of fairytales and other trivia -but maybe I am too easily entertained.
The crows seem to embody both intrigue and a sinister-like window on the world of fey. A great use of symbolism.

Nobody is identical

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