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All That's Missing (2013)

by Sarah Sullivan(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0763661023 (ISBN13: 9780763661021)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Candlewick Press

review 1: I related to the themes of foster care; guardianship; sense of belonging; and dementia. I enjoyed the metaphor and motif of Arlo's dam. Arlo is trying to take care of things hoping on one will find out and somehow things will improve. When Poppa has a stroke, Arlo is sent to a shelter and embarks on a quest to find his grandmother, Ida Jones in Edgewater, VA. People help him along the way and Arlo finds the answers, love, and the home he was seeking.
review 2: Eleven-year-old orphan, Arlo, has spent the last nine years living with his grandfather, Poppo, who has slowly developed demensia. When Poppo suffers a stroke and winds up in the hospital, Arlo decides to escape foster care by traveling 300 miles alone to find his paternal grandmother whom he has never me... moret. Once there, he learns the true meaning of family and, with a new friend, helps uncover a mystery that has been hidden within the walls of his grandmother's house for decades. Reviewer #8 less

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