about the book
Tenth grader Hallelujah “Hallie” Calhoun was once a happy girl, surrounded by friends. She was confident, loved to sing, and had an unyielding faith in God. However, after the preacher’s handsome and seemingly perfect son, Luke starts awful rumors about her, her reputation, self-worth, and confidence are shot. She stops speaking to everyone—her family and her friends—not that she has any friends any longer. Luke’s vicious bullying and lies have caused her friends to abandon her completely.
Six months after the gossip spread, and despite her sorrow and loneliness, Hallie attends a church camp in the Smoky Mountains, called Hiking with Him. She doesn’t expect much from the experience, and things go from bad to worse when she gets lost with two other campers; one, her former best friend Jonah, and the second, an outgoing new girl who seems sweet and friendly, called Rachel.
Though Rachel seems nice enough, and is ignorant of the rumors, Hallie has lost the ability to trust, making a difficult situation harder. Besides struggling with feelings of fear, hatred, love, and forgiveness, the kids are facing freezing, nasty weather, raging hunger, and health problems. Hallie will have to face her past with Jonah and the three of them must to work as a team if they are to have any hope for survival.
about the author
Kathryn grew up in Maryville, Tennessee, near the Smoky Mountains, where The Distance Between Lost and Found is set. As a child, she wasn’t very outdoorsy, but enjoyed hiking and reading books. She graduated from Goucher College in Baltimore, where she double majored in Dance and English Literature, and holds an MFA from the New School’s Creative Writing Program, as well.
Today she is a freelance dance journalist and author, and when she isn’t writing can be found practicing in one of New York’s many dance studios. She has performed with a number of choreographers based in New York City, and performs her own choreography around town, too. You can find her writing in Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, Pointe and other dance-related magazines.
Kathryn’s other passions include cats, cooking, the color purple, baking, and chocolate. She is also an aunt to five fantastic nephews, and enjoys practicing yoga in her spare time. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband.
Sources:
Author website
Book trailer: The Distance Between Lost and Found
Also by Kathryn Holmes:
How It Feels to Fly. Harperteen. 2016.
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