If You Find This

I am amazed that I would like this book so much. It is a book written for the 9-11 age group. Yet our adult book club consisting of 8 women had selected it for our Sept read. I have to admit, I was aghast. Why would the Sept hostess pick this book. I'm glad that she did because I really enjoyed it. T......more

Eleven-year-old Nicholas, a math and music prodigy, is sad and confused, and what makes it worse is that he has no friends to talk to. His father lost his job, which means that he and his mother are going to have to sell their home and join him in Michigan's Upper Peninsula where he's found work aga......more

What a strange, charming, creepy, heart-tugging adventure. I do wonder if some of it might go over the heads of younger readers, but as an adult, I loved it. Nicholas, Zeke and Jordan make a great trio of misfit heroes.......more

Reread from ten years ago, from when I was a lot younger and the world felt a lot bigger and scarier. At the time I wasn’t sure whether I liked this book. It plays with text and typography to the point that it almost feels like it’s doing too much. I was skeptical of the main character’s supposedly......more

In my reading career I have come across many books that I really enjoyed, was captivated by, found compelling. Fewer are the characters that I have LOVED (Wesley and George, Joey Pigza, Flavia de Luce). Nicholas, Zeke, and Jordan of If You Find This join this group of beloved characters. These are t......more