shelter

__ Shelter __ by Harlan Coben **Book 1** ISBN: 978-0-14-242203-8 ©2011 304 pages

pp. 1-3 where Mickey encounters the Bat Lady pp. 11-12 where he meets Ashley and then shares that she just vanishes
 * Good sections to read aloud: **

Mickey Bolitar lives with his uncle (who he doesn’t like) and his mom (when she isn’t in rehab). His father passed away in a car crash (Mickey was in the car with him), and he misses him something terrible. When “Bat Lady,” a strange lady that everyone avoids around town, yells at him from a doorway one day, “Your father is still alive,” it consumes Mickey. He must find out why she said that. Because he is the new kid in school and doesn’t have many friends, the few that do befriend him decide to help him on this mission. Ema and “Spoon” become great detectives, along with Mickey, in uncovering this mystery. A lot of other things play factors in the novel as well (such as high school life and bullies, not to mention his mother’s issues), but the real mystery lies within finding out the truth about his father and another girl at school who has gone missing. A captivating read!
 * Summary: **

YA fiction: mystery; high school; drug abuse; friends


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