My Lost and Found Life by Melodie Bowsher is an intense, captivating novel unlike anything I have ever read. It has many twists and turns leaving you wanting more.
This story is about Ashley an eighteen year old who thinks her life is ruined when her mum steals and runs away with one million dollars. Ashley is so used to getting everything she wants off of her mum that when she is gone she doesn't know what to do. Left with a gigantic house, no money, no job and huge bills, she has to learn how to survive and quick.
Forced out of her home Ashley ends up living in a caravan behind a gas station that her mums ex-boyfriend owns. Although staying in a grotty caravan with no toilet, shower or kitchen is not legal or sanitary it's the best she can afford to do.
Mad Malcolm's Cyber Cafe is the only place she is able to get a job even though they don't pay much it's better than nothing. The longer Ashley works there the more she starts to realise her new friends are completely mad. Hiding secrets about where she lives and about her mum from her friends is tricky and frustrating. She starts to wonder if it was her fault her mum ran away? Was it her fault she stole the money? Was she ever going to come back? With nobody to answer her growing list of questions she stops waiting and starts moving on with her life. Ashley soon realises that her life never was ruined just altered in a good and bad way.
What will happen to Ashley? Will her mum return? Will she loose her job? Will she get caught living in the caravan?
If you are a fan of surprises then this book is a must read. It's suspenseful pages send you on a journey along with the main characters. I recommend this book for older teenagers because younger people may not understand some of the contents. Overall this was a great read well worth a round of applause.
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