The Distance Between Lost and Found by Kathryn Holmes

It bounces off her shoulder and lands on the wooden bench next to her. She inhales the burnt air.Īnd then something hits the side of her head. She watches the embers glow and the sparks float up with the smoke through the opening in the gazebo ceiling. He can’t even let her have that.Īnd so she folds in on herself. But she hears the laughs, hears them spreading, and she knows. HALLELUJAH might not have even noticed it if it wasn’t coming from a few seats down. Stranded in the wilderness, the three have no choice but to trust one another in order to stay alive…and for Hallie, that means opening up about what really happened that night with Luke.įrom the catty atmosphere of high school to the unpredictable terrain of the mountains, this novel is a poignant, raw journey about finding yourself after having been lost for so long. As days go by without rescue, their struggle for survival turns deadly. Then Hallie, outgoing newcomer Rachel, and Jonah-Hallie’s former friend-get separated from the rest of the group. Now on a hiking trip in the Smoky Mountains with the same people who have relentlessly taunted her, Hallie is pushed to her limit. Once the rumors about her and the preacher’s son, Luke, made their way around school, her friends abandoned her, and as a result, Hallie has completely withdrawn. Sophomore Hallie Calhoun has just endured the most excruciating six months of her life.

Blending elements of Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak and Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet, this gripping story from Kathryn Holmes was deemed “a page turner” by author Richard Peck and “an intense story of survival” by ALA Booklist in its starred review.

The Distance Between Lost and Found by Kathryn Holmes