Literary FictionYoung Adult
Fifteen-year-old Carey and her younger sister are taken from life in the woods with their unstable mother into a bewildering new world, confronting trauma and hidden family secrets.
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Fifteen-year-old Carey and her younger sister are taken from life in the woods with their unstable mother into a bewildering new world, confronting trauma and hidden family secrets.
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There are some things you can't leave behind... In If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch, a broken-down camper hidden deep in a national forest is the only home fifteen year-old Carey can remember. The trees keep guard over her threadbare existence, with the one bright spot being Carey's younger sister, Jenessa, who depends on Carey for her very survival. All they have is each other, as their mentally ill mother comes and goes with greater frequency. Until that one fateful day their mother disappears ...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Brief child molestation descriptions; mild teen attraction subplot
Violence & gore
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Mild peril from isolated wilderness hardship
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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Mother's drug addiction drives neglect, abuse, and abandonment
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Child sexual abuse, abduction, severe neglect; trauma is central
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