Lost Days

by R.W. Ridley

For as long as she can remember, Hayley Wilkins has been oddly fascinated by her uncle Crew, the one everyone else in the family says is a bit "touched." After her parents' divorce, fifteen-year-old Hayley moves with her mom and brother into her grandparents' house, where Uncle Crew lives in a room over the garage. It's there she learns the source of her uncle's when he was just four years old, Crew was lost in the woods of Lake Roosevelt, Washington, for over a year. He's tormented by those lost days, and so Hayley makes it her mission to find out the truth about what happened to him so many years before. Delving into Crew's past forges a fragile bond between the girl and her uncle and unexpectedly brings her face-to-face with a legendary creature whose very existence has long been a source of worldwide debate. Filled with quirky characters, Lost Days is an endearing coming-of-age novel about a loveable young girl who discovers that being different isn't so bad after all.

246 pages, Advanced Reader Copy

About the author

R.W. Ridley is the author of the IPPY award winning novels The Takers: Book One of the Oz Chronicles, and Delon City: Book Two of the Oz Chronicles. His titles also include The Pure: Book Three of the Oz Chronicles, The Land of the Dead: Book Four of the Oz Chronicles, Lost Days, and The Man Who Saved Two Notch. The Takers is the winner of The Writer's Digest International Self-Published Book Award in the Middle Grade/Young Adult Category. He lives with his beautiful wife, a hyperactive dog, an arrogant cat, and one ugly mortgage.

Reviews

[Beverly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an OK read for me. I actually liked the characters, setting and mystery of the book...it was the subject of the mystery that just didn't quite cut it for me. Everything that happens revolves around the fact that a couple of guys believe in Bigfoot and have been investigating everything they can about their beliefs for quite some time. When a woman who has been photographing nature habitats for owls is found dead, the 2...who are considered "not quite right" are suspected. Actually a fairly complex plot if you have no objections to reading about Bigfoot. There were parts that were even funny enough to get some laughs. Ok for a light read!!