The Distance Between Lost and Found (30 page)

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KATHRYN HOLMES
grew up in Maryville, Tennessee, where she was an avid reader and an aspiring writer from an early age. She now lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and piles upon piles of books. A graduate of the New School's MFA in creative writing program, Kathryn works as a freelance dance journalist, among other writing gigs.
The Distance Between Lost and Found
is her debut novel. You can find Kathryn online at
www.kathrynholmes.com
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Holmes, Kathryn, date

The distance between lost and found / Kathryn Holmes.—1st ed.

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Summary: Sophomore Hallie Calhoun, her former friend Jonah, and new friend Rachel leave a church youth group hike in the Great Smoky Mountains and become lost for five days, struggling to survive as Hallie finally speaks about the incident that made her a social pariah and Jonah admits why it hurt him so much.

ISBN 978-0-06-231726-1 (hardcover)

EPub Edition © December 2014 ISBN 9780062317285

[1. Survival—Fiction.  2. Lost children—Fiction.  3. Interpersonal relations—Fiction.  4. Conduct of life—Fiction.  5. Faith—Fiction.  6. Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)—Fiction.]  I. Title.

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