All That's Missing (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763661021)

When his grandfather's dementia raises the specter of foster care, Arlo flees to find his only other family member in this genuine, heartening novel.

Arlo's grandfather travels in time. Not literally -- he just mixes up the past with the present. Arlo holds on as best he can, fixing himself cornflakes for dinner and paying back the owner of the corner store for the sausages Poppo eats without remembering to pay. But how long before someone finds out that Arlo is taking care of the grandfather he lives with instead of the other way around? When Poppo lands in the hospital and a social worker comes to take charge, Arlo's fear of foster care sends him alone across three hundred miles. Armed with a name and a town, Arlo finds his only other family member -- the grandmother he doesn't remember ever meeting. But just finding her isn't enough to make them a family. Unfailingly honest and touched with a dash of magical realism, Sarah Sullivan's evocative debut novel delves into a family mystery and unearths universal truths about home, trust, friendship, and strength -- all the things a boy needs.

Author: Sarah Sullivan
ISBN-10: 0763661023
ISBN-13: 9780763661021
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 10/08/2013
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.7
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 161859 / All That's Missing


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/19/2013
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2013
Booklist 10/15/2013 pg. 62
School Library Journal 11/01/2013 pg. 105
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2013 pg. 240 - Book Of Special Distinction
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2013 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 pg. 95 - Recommended, Satisfactory