Lost and Found

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“Are you really a thief?”

That’s the question that has haunted fourteen-year-old Ezekiel Blast all his life. But he’s not a thief, he just has a talent for finding things. Not a superpower—a micropower. Because what good is finding lost bicycles and hair scrunchies, especially when you return them to their owners and everyone thinks you must have stolen them in the first place? If only there were some way to use Ezekiel’s micropower for good, to turn a curse into a blessing. His friend Beth thinks there must be, and so does a police detective investigating the disappearance of a little girl. When tragedy strikes, it’s up to Ezekiel to use his talent to find what matters most.

Master storyteller Orson Scott Card delivers a touching and funny, compelling and smart novel about growing up, harnessing your potential, and finding your place in the world, no matter how old you are.

Critics Review

u201c[A] touching and quirky novelu2026a quick page-turner about bizarre u2018supernaturalu2019 abilities, missing people, and it handles some real issues facing teenagers and families.u201d

The Nerd Daily

u201cOnly a few authors have the ability to create characters that seem like real friends by the end of a book. Prepare to meet several in this absorbing and heartwarming coming-of-age story by master storyteller Orson Scott Card.u201d

Nicholas Sansbury Smith, New York Times bestselling author of the Hell Divers series

u201cUnputdownable, unmissable. Classic Card character depth that goes to the center of the earth, and secrets that slowly unfold until the breathtaking, heart-lurching ending.u201d

Mette Ivie Harrison, author of New York Times Notable Book The Bishop's Wife and Vampires in the Temple

u201cLost and Found was an amazing, heartwarming novel, and I was really impressed with Cardu2019s writing. From the well-rounded and fleshed out characters, to the way that the character-driven plot unraveled, I was left speechless. The author has done a fantastic job.u201d

San Francisco Book Review

u201cThe pacing of the multilayered mystery enables a buildup of dread leading to the revelation of how incredibly dark the crime story really is. The storyu2019s psychological elementsu2014both traumatic fallout and beautiful interpersonal relationshipsu2014are given breathing space in a satisfying denouementu2026A winning combination of wit, a twisted crime drama, and a fresh take on teens with powers.u201d

Kirkus Reviews

u201cAn intriguing premiseu2026This story raises provocative questions about family, friendship, and the value of individual abilities.u201d

Publishers Weekly

u201cWhen you read a few hundred novels a year, you learn to tell from page one whou2019s got the storyteller gene. Or at least the storycrafter skill. Orson Scott Card has both, and here in his latest novel he lets u2019em rollu2026On the surface, itu2019s a young adult coming-of-age mystery with powerful plot compulsion that makes it entertaining reading. Underneath, thereu2019s a lot of important moral and character-crisis material that leaves a sense of u2018wowu2019 and u2018but of course.u2019 Emotionally gratifying whether youu2019re fourteen or forty or seventy-four.u201d

New York Journal of Books

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