The Shape of Lost Things
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2024

The Shape of Lost Things

By Sarah Everett

Skye's brother returns after years away, but is he really the same person she remembers?

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Twelve-year-old Skye's life is upended when her brother Finn returns after four years on the run with their father. But this Finn is a stranger—secretive, distant, and unfamiliar. As Skye captures moments with her Polaroid camera, she questions if this is truly her brother or someone else entirely. With friendships shifting and family dynamics in flux, Skye must navigate a world where everything she knew is changing. Can she uncover the truth about Finn and find her place in this new reality?

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From the award-winning author of The Probability of Everything, which has been called “one of the best books I have read this year (maybe ever)” (Colby Sharp, Nerdy Book Club) and “Powerful” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), comes a heartfelt exploration of family and change as twelve-year-old Skye reunites with her older brother, Finn, after he spent four years on the run with their father. Skye Nickson’s world changed forever when her dad went on the run with her brother, Finn. It’s been four years without Finn’s jokes, four years without her father’s old soul music, and four years of Skye filling in as Rent-a-Finn on his MIA birthdays for their mom. Finn’s birthday is always difficult, but at least Skye has her best friends, Reece and Jax, to lean on, even if Reece has started acting too cool for them.But this year is different because after Finn’s birthday, they get a call that he’s finally been found. Tall, quiet, and secretive, this Finn is nothing like the brother she grew up with. He keeps taking late-night phone calls and losing his new expensive gifts, and he doesn’t seem to remember any of their inside jokes or secrets.As Skye tries to make sense of it all through the lens of her old Polaroid camera, she starts to wonder: Could this Finn be someone else entirely? And if everyone else has changed, does it mean that Skye has to change too?

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
272
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Themes & topics
Books about feelings and emotionsBooks about secretsBooks about siblingsBooks about familyBooks about brothers
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Published
October 22, 2024
Publisher
HarperCollins
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Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780063256613

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