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For each of twelve lost items, Young provides vital statistics (e.g., "Fig. 4 / OBJECT: Umbrella / LAST SEEN: Front porch with the others") and a foldout page showing each item's multi-part transformation (the umbrella morphs into a jellyfish-like creature and flies away). A just-right message appears alongside a concluding photo of the gathered, gasp-worthy paper creations: "Anything is possible."