The Shape of Lost Things

Gr 5 Up–Twelve-year-old Skye Nickson doesn’t trust her first instinct. As an avid photographer, she relies on being able to look back at a situation through her pictures to process what happened. Using these impartial clues is how she has been dealing with the absence of her family members. Four years ago, her father kidnapped her brother, Finn, and they haven’t been heard from since. She and her mother have found a new rhythm, including a new boyfriend, when Finn is suddenly back in their lives. Skye doesn’t know whether to trust this older, quieter version of her brother. Part mystery, this emotional roller-coaster will have readers hoping for the best but waiting for the other shoe to drop. Fans of Everett’s debut, The Probability of Everything, will appreciate her masterly ability to build mounting dread through the (seemingly) ordinary. Readers will inevitably have a pit in their stomachs as events unfold.