Sara Lost and Found

  With every beat of my heart, I thank you.

  Virginia Castleman teaches English and fiction writing at the college level. She is the author of Mommi Watta: Spirit of the River, Erosion, Pile of Pups, Sky High, and numerous stories and articles that have appeared in Highlights, The Children’s Writer’s Guide, and other publications. She currently lives in Nevada.

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  This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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  First Aladdin hardcover edition February 2016

  Text copyright © 2014 by Virginia Castleman

  Originally published in 2014 by Archway Publishing.

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  Interior designed by Mike Rosamilia

  The text of this book was set in Scala OT.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Castleman, Virginia.

  Sara lost and found / by Virginia Castleman.

  p. cm.

  Summary: When their mother abandons them and their father ends up in jail again, ten-year-old Sara and her mentally troubled sister are thrust back into the foster care system.

  [1. Foster home care—Fiction. 2. Sisters—Fiction. 3. Emotional problems—Fiction.] I. Title.

  PZ7.C268739Sar 2016

  [Fic]—dc23

  2015004222

  ISBN 978-1-4814-3871-1 (hc)

  ISBN 978-1-4814-3873-5 (eBook)