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258 pp.
| Holt/Ottaviano
| June, 2015
|
TradeISBN 978-0-8050-9853-2$17.99
(3)
YA
Point Last Seen series.
Nick loves being a Search and Rescue volunteer and fancies himself a hero. But, when his DNA is found on a woman's dead body, the police think he's a murderer. It's up to Alexis and Ruby to prove Nick's innocence. This second accessible mystery installment includes an interesting subplot exploring Nick's vulnerabilities as startling revelations about his presumed-dead father come to light.
(3)
YA
Point Last Seen series.
Alex, Nick, and Ruby, teens from widely different walks of life, are the newest additions to Portland County's Search and Rescue volunteers. They set out to find an autistic man who has been lost in the woods, but instead they find a murdered girl. A fresh, vivid setting and believably flawed characters are highlights of this accessible mystery, the first in a planned series.