I have just started reading the first few pages of the book If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch. The action of the girls being hauled away by strangers is already taking place. On page 7. So far, I haven't been totally impressed by the book, but I 'm going to need to read into it a little further to determine my feelings for it. The only thing that really bothers me about the book is that the grammar is very poor, purposely. The girls have no education and talk very southern-like. For example, the author decided to make EVERY -ing word end with in'. So instead of walking, the narrarator (who is the main character) says walkin'. And that drives me nuts.
Anyways, predictions. I think that these girls are going to be taken away from everything they feel comfortable with; the woods, nature, etc. and are going to be suddenly thrown into a modern environment. They may have to learn to use technology such as cell phones (if that is the seting in the book), meet new people, and go to school where they will learn to talk the right way. I think that the girls will resist at first, maybe hate everyone, not talk to anyone including teachers and adults. But as they adapt to the new environment, they may become more comfortable with the people around them and learn to use new ways to be more modern and well- put together people. But along the way of all of these new changes, I think that Carey will dig deeper into the situation of the untimely death of her mother and why her mother has been so closed up. Carey's mother abducted her, but I'm not sure if it was for Carey and Janessa's benefits, or for their mother's benefit. I think that maybe Carey was about to be given up for something/someone, and her mother resisted. So she took her babies into hiding in the foret. I don't know. I'll have to keep reading to find out. :0
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