Lost and Found (Bluford High Series #1) by Anne Schraff

From the Publisher

Darcy Wills is in big trouble. And she does not know where to turn for help. First there was the mysterious stranger who started following her. Then there was the threatening note left on her desk at Bluford High School. And now her sister has disappeared. Forced into a desperate race against time, Darcy must take action to save her sister--and her fragile family--before it is too late.

Children's Literature

Darcy Wills, a shy, intelligent sophomore at Bluford High finds friends in Tarah and Cooper, two rowdy students with whom she otherwise would not associate. She is assigned to be partners with Tarah on a science project and they must work together in and out of class. Tarah's football-player boyfriend, Cooper, is a good guy with a rambunctious reputation. Through Darcy's association with Tarah, Cooper becomes her friend and chases away her younger sister's boyfriend who tries to scare Darcy by threatening to beat her as he did her younger sister, Jamee. Adding to her troubles, her grandmother is dying, and she must care for her. He father abandoned the family five years earlier, and her mom works the night shift in the hospital ER. Darcy becomes distraught at her younger sister's rebellious attitude, her ignoring of her grandmother, her lying to their mother, and her constant arguing with Darcy. To make matters worse, Darcy thinks a stranger in an old silver car, who appears outside of her school, at her bus stop, and outside her home is stalking her. The last straw is when she finds her sister has run away. The police can't find her; Darcy's mother can't find her; Jamee's friends have not seen or heard from her, and then Darcy gets a clue from grandma. Darcy calls upon her new friends, including Hakim, her secret heartthrob, and her long lost Dad to find her sister. They find her in the mountains where their father had made her Princess of the World when she was a little girl. While Jamee recovers in the hospital, Darcy's new friend Tanya sits with Gram, and Darcy's mother and father reconciled. Suddenly, Darcy's life is full of new hope.

Product Details