SPELLBOOK OF THE LOST AND FOUND

Three narrators deliver a story with a tangle of characters, magic, secrets, multiple points of views, and shifting time periods. Elizabeth Sastre expresses the confidence of Olive, who lives with a supportive family and takes her deafness in hand. Marisa Calin portrays Hazel, making evident her constant anxiety, which relates to her rough past, including homelessness. Saskia Maarleveld brings out the dreamy, questioning quality of Laurel. The three teens' diaries go missing on the night they find the "Spell Book of the Lost and Found," which warns that things found will result in others going missing. When this occurs, the narrators express the girls' concern and confusion. Listeners may feel similarly; though the writing and Irish accents make for gorgeous listening, the plot twists and characters are many. S.W. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2017]