Thursday, December 9, 2021

Long Lost by Jacqueline West - ADVISABLE

Long Lost by Jacqueline West
, 288 pages. Greenwillow (Harper), 2021. $17 

Content: G (mild danger) 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL - ADVISABLE 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

Because her sister, Arden, needs to be closer to her figure-skating rink, 11yo Fiona has to leave her friends and hometown and move to a suburb of Boston – the little town of Lost Lake. Fiona finds an interesting book at the library that tells the tale of two sisters who, like Fiona and Arden, are growing apart. In the story however, one night the girls fight in the forest and one of them does not return. With a ghost haunting her, can Fiona figure out what’s going on and somehow escape what seems to be her destiny? 

Another mildly spooky ghost book for younger audiences. I think Mary Downing Hahn is still my favorite, though K.A. Alexander is a close second. The cover gives a fantasy feel to the book, but it is really a ghost story. 

Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS 

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