A review od E.L. Irwin's Lost and Found by Jeff Bailey

I just finished reading Lost and Found, E.L. Irwin’s second novel. For me, the story and characters had an intriguing aura of realism and truth. Erwin didn’t just guide her readers through the story she seemed to immerse them into the story. Irwin achieved two goals with Lost and Found. She created an entertaining story line for young readers and she infused that story line with a message. The message is that life is a journey of both good and bad experiences and that life goes on in spite of those experiences. Ms. Irwin used a unique technique to develop her characters, Sage and Josiah. She introduce Sage’s character in a rush at the start of the book. Josiah’s character revealed itself slowly over the length of the book as Sage became more involved with her young counterpart. The different character development techniques worked off each other as a dance of sorts. I rate Lost and Found four and a half stars just because I would have preferred more closure on some of the story threads. I count E.L. Irwin high on my list of my favorite and most impressive people. I highly recommend Lost and Found. As a techy, I am also looking forward to Ms. Irwin’s future foray into science fiction. by Jeff Bailey author of The Defect.