Loved itthis is one that I loved for so many reasons one being the fact that I love coming of age stories that involve a loss of innocence... I had such a good time reading it gave me all the nostalgic feels.
The Last Child (2009)
Others: Positive Thirteen year-old Johnny Merrimon had the perfect life: a warm home and loving parents; a twin sister, Alyssa, with whom he shared an irreplaceable bond. He knew nothing of loss, until the day Alyssa vanished from the side of a lonely street. Now, a year later, Johnny finds himself isolated and alone, failed by the people he’d been taught since birth to trust. No one else believes that Alyssa is still alive, but Johnny is certain that she is---confident in a way that he can never fully explain. More
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