Meg Rosoff's Picture Me Gone
I've really enjoyed Rosoff's books, particularly her most recent one, There Is No Dog; she's one of those writers who inhabits a completely different world with every one. This one is smaller in scale than her last, but is much more affecting--it's about a strangely observant 12-year-old London girl who travels to America with her father to visit his long-time best friend . . . only the friend has left home and is currently missing. So they have to roadtrip around to try and find him. Secrets and lies are uncovered, but it's the narrative voice that really makes this great. Mila is amazing, and I loved her relationship with her parents. It's always really nice to see a loving, non-dysfunctional family in fiction (even if everyone else's marriages seem to be falling apart). Really an enjoyable and very moving read. A-.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released on October 3rd.
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