The Lost

Urban Underground

by Anne E. Schraff

Cesar Chavez HS Series-- What is Paul Morales hiding? Pretty and popular Carmen Ibarra is excited when Paul asks her on a date. But she has to convince her family that Paul is respectable, a difficult task considering his gangbanger friends. Will bad-boy Paul break Carmen's heart or is he the real deal?

Genres: Realistic Fiction

202 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2011

About the author

Anne Elaine Schraff grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She received both her bachelor's and master's degrees from California State University at Northridge and taught high school for ten years.

Anne paid her way through college by writing short stories for magazines. Since college she has written hundreds of stories and over eighty books including historical fiction, biographies, science books, and her favorite, fictional books for young people. She is published as both Anne Schraff and Anne E. Schraff.

Her background, which she describes as "multicultural, lower middle-class neighborhood, including African Americans, Mexican Americans, Arab Americans, and Filipino Americans," is her greatest inspiration when writing.

Reviews

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Carmen is a shy girl, and very responsible. Carmen gets asked out by a boy named Paul, Paul Morales. she has to show her family that he is good, responsible, and respectful. what Carmen doesn't know, and takes awhile to figure out, is that Paul has a bad past. most of pauls friends are gangbangers, and hes in the gang himself.

[Olivia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I give this book a 5 because it show that a girl name Cameron who feel in love with a boy name Paul. The thing that she does not know is that he has a bod past and that his friend are in a gangbanger and he also in a gang himself. Her father is so protective about her and Cameron told her family that he is a respectful, and kind guy to date. But her father feel that he is hiding something from them that he won't tell.

[Christian · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book "the lost" really caught my attention because it talks about a girl who is in love with a boy with barely any family but hes not giving up on his dream to be a big star in filming. He goes to college but the girl he likes is still in high school they met in a parking and the girls dad is a little over protective. The girl is protesting for the boy to be her boyfriend. The girl believes that he has what it takes to be a good citizen but no one really trust him based on his dark pass. Is she correct or is she being led by the cuteness and kindness that he shows. But more importantly is the passed that counts or the destination. READ THE BOOK TO FIND OUT. I garantee you, you won't regret it.

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

I gave this book a five star because it just blew me away the way she told the story the way she told all the back rounds and situations then problems for all the problems this book also she tells how do they solve it and how do they resolve it and who they ask for help so that they can fix there problems. Lastly i gave this book a star because she told why the story was called the lost by saving not about the title about the characters.

[Christian Morales · Rating 5 out of 5]

i did like it and i hope to read the continuation and is my third favorite book

[Carter Calhoun · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was about a girl who like a boy with hardly any family left. But he still is going to chase his dreams of becoming a film star. I would recommend this book to my class mates.

[Brian Ibarra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really good! first part of the book ''Unbroken" this book is about a man waiting for his older brother get out of prison and falls in love with a girl she met in a store.