I loved the concept of this book: the idea some people have "micropowers" that can make them very good at seemingly useless tasks. HWhat makes this idea compelling is that the same ability could make a person appear suspicious if it's not understood, as in the case of Ezekiel who is branded a thief because of his uncanny abipity to find lost things. On the other hand, if a person can find a way to somehow harness that ability, what appears to be a small power suddenly becomes extremely valuable. This is Ezekiel's journey throughout the course of the book. As he's finding himself, Ezekiel is also being asked to help located a missing child and learning how to make friends.

There are some great lessons in this book, but there are also some pacing issues and moments that test a reader's suspension of belief. Overall, a nice read.

Ezekiel Bliss aka Ezekiel Blast is a teenager with a special gift - he can find lost objects and return them to their owners. Unfortunately, this has gotten him in trouble in the past and labeled as a thief by classmates and some police officers.

One day on his walk to school, he is approached by a fellow high school student named Beth who asks him about being a thief. This opens a dialogue between the two that continues over several days and builds into a friendship.

With the help of his guidance counselor, Ezekiel is referred to a group of young people who have similar small talents that they refer to as micropowers. Some of their talents are more useful than others.

Ezekiel is approached by a police officer to help find a missing girl. But, he doesn't believe his talent can be used that way. After discussing it with Beth though, he gives it a try. It requires a change in how he thinks about his talent and with his talent.

The first half of the book is about Ezekiel and his growing friendship with Beth. Also, it is about his growing and changing thoughts about his micropower of finding things. After the first part of the book, the second is somewhat predictable.

The topic of micropowers is interesting. The ability, say to make someone yawn, seems pretty useless. But, it is still something that the general population doesn't have. And you can see where having a micropower like Ezekiel's could be both a liability and a gift at times.

Ezekiel and Beth have interesting conversations. There is a lot of snark and wit involved. This is both good and bad. It is entertaining to read, but it seems a little over the top and in some cases it seems like it would be exhausting if all of their conversations really were like this.

This is definitely a YA and older book because of some of the subject matter. There are times that some of the writing seems to be at a lower level, but the subject matter trumps that - the missing girl and what her fate might be.

It is a dialog heavy book. That's just an observation. It was a fast read for me. I wanted to see the resolution of both the first and second halves of the book. There is no technical division between halves, but there seems to be a division nonetheless.

Overall, it's a good book. I gave it 3 stars out of 5. The amount of dialog can make it heavy on the tell vs. show. And I thought that the problems were solved a little quickly. It seemed to me that a whole book could have been made from either the first part or the second part. Still, the dialog was good. The characters of Ezekiel and Beth are interesting. And the idea of micropowers is worth exploring. It is definitely worth a read.

Lost and Found by Orson Scott Card was published September 10th, 2019 by Blackstone.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley. This did not affect my opinions.

Ezekiel has been friendless for years because everyone thinks he is a thief. They believe this because he has a knack for finding lost items and they believe this can only be because he stole them in the first place. He is NOT a thief and he does not have a superpower … he has a micropower! Ezekiel feels it is a useless power, no matter what you call it, but when a police officer asks him to help find a lost girl, his first thoughts are no way. Not only because he doesn’t want to be accused of taking her, but because that isn’t how his power work. When his new friend, Beth, convinces them that it might work for that too, he decides to give it a try. Will Ezekiel be able to find this lost girl? What truths will he discover about himself as he helps the police with their investigations?

Lost and Found is a stand-alone novel about finding yourself and pushing your own limits. This is not like most of Card’s other books. Although there is a hint of supernatural powers with Ezekiel’s micropower, it is not a pure fantasy or science fiction story. The events that happen are truly plausible and readers will enjoy turning the pages as they try and uncover the truths that are being discovered along the way. Although it is a great stand-alone novel, I would not be disappointed if Card decided to make it into a series.

I received this eARC from Blackstone Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of this book in any way. All quotes are taken from the uncorrected proof and are subject to change.

Obligatory Summary

Ezekiel Blast is a thief, or that’s what everyone thinks. Truth is, he’s a finder. It’s his micropower. He finds lost things and returns them, which has given him quite the reputation. Beth Sorenson, a proportionate little person, wants in on that reputation and the shunning bubble that comes with it, and makes fast (and reluctant) friends with Ezekiel.

When the FBI ask for his help finding a missing little girl, he isn’t sure he can do it. But when the unthinkable happens, it’s up to Ezekiel to do what only he can: return lost things to their owners.

“When people treat you like you’re guilty, then you feel the shame just as if you were. Shame is what other people force on you.”

My Thoughts

I was honestly pretty conflicted about this book. To begin with, I didn’t even want to finish it until the plot actually kicked off, which really wasn’t for a long time. The first few chapters threw me into things too quickly (mostly thanks to the inordinate amount of dialogue) and left me feeling drained and disinterested.

But then stuff happened, and it kinda took me by surprise. This was way darker than I had ever imagined it would be. What felt like a middle grade book suddenly had very adult themes and elements, and it resulted in an intriguing but tonally unbalanced story.

The biggest issue, though, was the writing. Consider me surprised that someone who’s been writing for longer than I’ve been alive somehow needs to brush up on his atmosphere and pacing and descriptions of any kind. It felt consistently like a white room. Dialogue went without tags for so long, and the characters speaking had essentially the same exact syntax, that I often forgot who was who and had to sleuth my answers from context clues. It honestly felt like a script for a comic book, not a regular novel. The things that were severely lacking were beginner mistakes. It really makes no sense. Add to that Card’s weirdly important discussion about pubescent breasts and the highly questionable descriptor “concentration-camp scrawniness” and you’ve got yourself a WTF kinda book.

And why on Earth was Ezekiel so butthurt about people calling him by his actual last name? That was such an unnecessary detail and it only made me dislike him. His character definitely grew on me, but he was such a bratty smart aleck most of the time.

I did, however, like some things. The banter was sometimes great, especially between Ezekiel and his father. The mystery was alright, but some extremely concerning aspects were kinda brushed over. I liked how it ended and the train of logic some scenes had. The climax was handled well and I appreciated Shank’s character a lot (but what is it with male LDS authors and their insistence on weird nicknames? Card and Dashner do this and it’s so annoying and juvenile).

Overall, this was fine. It could have been really cool, with superhero elements merged with a very Criminal Minds meets SVU plot, but the technical errors and some poor choices really dragged it down. I’m disappointed.

Loved the book!
I would like to thank the publisher for giving me a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I received a Netgalley ARC of Lost and Found by Orson Scott Card, and while I thought the premise of the novel was intriguing, I had a difficult time engaging with Card’s writing style. In Lost and Found, readers meet Ezekiel Blast, a teen with a “micropower” (as opposed to a superpower) that allows him to find the owners of lost objects. This only serves in making him a social pariah with his peers for much of his life, but when he is challenged to help in a police investigation for a missing girl, Ezekiel is put to the test, discovering more about his micropower than might meet the eye.

The thing that was so tough about this novel was the odd feel of the dialogue. I left scenes of conversation feeling like the characters were in a bubble, completely separate from the main action of the plot. For example, during a particularly heroic rescue scene, Ezekial and his father have what feels to be a thirty minute conversation about the physics of the rescue; just when I wanted to feel the heart-pounding adrenaline of rescuing someone from almost certain death, I was forced to slow down and consider where a t-shirt should be placed to lessen the blow of a fall. Having read Card’s blockbuster Ender’s Game, I knew to expect a bit of this, but his writing style felt much more suited to pure science fiction than the conversations about friendship and love that exist in Lost and Found. Maybe it was because there was a lack of full characterization of those surrounding Ezekiel, or perhaps it was more related to how everything felt over-explained, but I found myself focusing on details that ended up being completely unimportant, and my attention wandered too far to bring my interest back to the plot. Beyond the stilted nature of the dialogue, I also found the novel peppered with references that may not resonate with young adult readers, such as referring to Tom Hanks’ character in Big or debating the archaic nature of grammatical rules. Although some aspects of Lost and Found reminded me of Dean Koontz’s works, I am not sure how many teen readers will identify with this writing style, and I would have a hard time recommending it to anyone outside of Card's die-hard fans.

From best-selling author Orson Scott Card comes Lost and Found, a touching and quirky novel. This story was a quick page turner about bizarre "supernatural" abilities, missing people, and it handles some real issues facing teenagers and families.

So back to those "supernatural" abilities. This book calls them "micropowers" as the abilities are too odd and useless to be deemed "superpowers". Ezekiel Blast has such a power. His micropower means he finds lost things and will always know who they belong to and how to return them to their owners. However, finding lost hair ties and scrunchies leaves him looking a bit odd, and at worse, finding missing bikes and toys leaves him looking like a thief. He has earned a bit of a reputation at school and finds himself alone and distrusting of adults. One day, he meets another outcast named Beth, who insists on walking to school with him. It appears he has met his match, and he cannot shake her. She talks and talks and probes him with questions. The two of them try to look at his micropower and dismantle and analyse it to see just how it works, whilst wondering if Beth has one of her own. When Beth goes off the radar, Ezekiel is faced with the challenge - is she missing, lost, or something else? Can he find her?

On the surface, and when first starting the book, it seems hard to get connected with moody teenager Ezekiel, as he is a loner with an attitude, and can be quite sharp with his words. However, what unfolds is a novel which looks at anxiety, loss, bereavement, and friendship. It is handled with gentle humour, but with raw honesty too.

The thing that was different about Lost and Found than other stories with "powers" in, is that the first part of the book is where the micropower is discussed at length and tested and evaluated by the characters. The readers are finding out about how this all works along with them. The reader will also come across a character that can make people yawn, as well as a someone who knows whether a person has an innie or outie bellybutton - useless micropowers right? After this, comes a mystery type story with a few shocks and turns.

It was my first time reading something by this author and I was surprised by this book. It starts off as something sweet, but soon turns sinister and parts were quite sad, but there was always some form of wit, humour, or hope to keep things from becoming too dark. At first, I thought the story would be good for younger teens, but after finishing it, I would say it is more in the young adult genre due to some of the subject matter (child abduction, trafficking, and death). I didn't think I would like at first, but there were parts that got me right in the feels.

You'll find lots of dialogue in this book, including plenty of back and forth banter between Ezekiel and Beth. There are sniping and playground insults, it seems like they always have to have the last word. Ezekiel argues with everyone and I think he uses his sass as a defense mechanism. Some of it seems childish, but you have to remember that Ezekiel and Beth are young teens. I sometimes felt there was too much banter and meandering conversations, and readers may feel parts of the story are about to go off tangent, but it goes with the style of the book, and to be honest, it made a change for me to read something like this and not lots of prose. I don't think this style will be to every reader's taste, but it does ease up halfway through.

A special mention must go to Mr Blast, Ezekiel's father, as it is good to see a parent taking a positive and supporting role in a YA novel. He's a real hero and I really liked the tender scenes between father and son.

I would recommend this to all YA fans, plus anyone who is going through a hard time at the moment, feeling lonely or lost, or missing someone, or who just wants to read a book and escape for a while and go through a whole range of emotions.

Read this and come back and tell me...What's your micropower?

What attracted me to this ARC was the author and I had high expectations.
I'm happy to say that I wasn't disappointed as this is a sweet, well written and gripping novel.
It's a mix of genres (paranormal, YA, crime) and the writer mixes them in a way that works flawlessly.
The cast of characters if fleshed out and well written, I liked the empathy toward Exekiel and how he's written.
The plot is engrossing and entertaining and there a lot of food for thought.
It's highly recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

A very lite fare for non-discriminating YA readers. Sure, it reads fast with some interesting and likable characters, but there's nothing stand-out about this. Snark, check. Minor superpowers so minor that they're MircoPowers, like being able to find lost objects? Check. Murder, kidnapping, and fairly dark situations for a couple of new teens? Check.

What are we expecting, really? A YA version of that recent defunct tv show called The Finder. Or back it up to the rather huge quasi-genre of psychic detectives in general, and you'll get a pretty good idea about the kind of book you'll be picking up.

Is this anything like early Card? No.

Is it okay for the general throwaway YA market, being pleasing and usual and cute and uplifting as a result of getting through all the dark stuff? Yes. I actually enjoyed it for what it is. Lite fare. ... And there's nothing wrong with this. Unfortunately, nothing really stands out about it other than the solid characters.

Some good bits, some just average.

* the characters were not especially likeable except for Ezekiel's dad, who was great!
* the dialogue was occasionally funny, sometimes snappy and smart, sometimes verging on infantile and not funny at all.
* the story was good and went in some interesting directions.
* there was too much internal monologue on various social issues.

I've never read Ender's Game (though I'd heard the hype and praise) or anything by Orson Scott Card so I was curious to see how good this one would turn out based on his sci-fi rep.

Fourteen-year-old Ezekiel Blast has a unique affinity to find and return lost items, a micropower both a curse and a blessing as he constantly gets labeled as a thief and liar since people assume he stole the items in the first place. However, a girl goes missing, Ezekiel must use his talent to find them while also trying to find the missing thing is his own life...

This book was an interesting fusion of sci-fi, contemporary, and a bit of magical realism. The themes brought up throughout this novel including child pornography, abandonment, trafficking which definitely gave it a darker tone more geared toward older audiences. Also, while there was a lot of sarcasm and dry humor (both things I am OK with and love in literature), there was an awful lot of poor taste in humor and came across very insulting and offending.

The plot was decent though I had to suspend my belief and fill in plotholes here and there. Also, there were many sub-plots such as Beth's family situation, Ezekiel's father's religious beliefs, and the idea of micro-powers, that they felt very glossed over and felt kind of thrown in. And the writing style was a bit odd. Lost and Found is written in the third person yet when Ezekiel expresses his inner thought, it transitions to first-person rather awkwardly. Also, I found it a bit odd that Card changes "Father" and "Dad" interchangeably and uses it in dialogue that makes the dialogue choppy. That is not to say that there was not quality dialogue but it varied throughout from amazing to sub-par. Ezekiel was a solid MC yet didn't have much substance and rubbed me the wrong way with how snarky he was to his father. Beth was a bit better (ha a tongue-twister!) and I found her character to be refreshing in here (but less so towards the end).

Overall, not as impressed as I wanted to be, but it still was moderately good that I could see this concept being developed better.

*Thank you to NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing for providing a free ARC

A compelling read, written in a very simple and engaging way, the book touches upon some very dark topics, so I probably wouldn't recommend it to middle graders, but rather to slightly older teenagers. The protagonist Ezekiel is 14 years old, so perhaps this is the target age, although the story flows so easily that you might first think it was written for younger audience.
Ezekiel Bliss (or Ezekiel Blast as he keeps calling himself -names are important to him) is an outsider. In fact, other teenagers give him a wide birth and even crss to the other side whenever he approaches. The reason for all this is that Ezekiel has a reputation of being a thief and who would like to be friends with somebody you cannot trust? One day a girl from his school, short enough to seem to be a six or seven year old, although she is actually 13, starts walking next to him. She also tries to engage him into a conversation and break into Ezekiel's 'shunning bubble'. Beth is the first and only person who actually wants to know his real story. It turns out Ezekiel has never stolen a single thing in his life. it's just that he has a special talent. Lost objects seem to call to him and ask to be returned to their rightful owners. When it started happening, Ezekiel was just six and returned his first object- a newand shiny bike- and was promptly accused of having stolen it in the first place. Years and years of police interviews and pages and pages in his school and police files, Ezekiel learnt a few survival techniques.First of all, never return the object directly. Secondly, do not trust the authorities, including teachers, school counsellors and police officers. When a new counsellor suggests that Ezekiel should join a scientific study, his father first checks this is not a new attempt to make his son have therapy 'to cure him of something'. The Group of rare and Useless Talents (GRUT) meets once a week and does resemble group terapy sessions, although the main objective is to let the teenagers understand the limits of their micropowers (as opposed to 'superpowers') better. Some of them are uttely bizarre such as knowing if somebody's navel is of an in or out kind or forcing somebody yawn in an uncontrolled manner. Beth encourages Ezekiel to do a few experiments to see how far his own unusual talent extends. Unfortunately, Ezekiel and Beth fall out and she walks away without the protection of Ezekiel's company. Because this is exactly what she needed him for first- protection from school bullies ready to pounce on a little defenceless person. Only then they became friends, unlikely, improbable, mismatched friends, who would do anything for each other. When Ezekiel is asked by a police officer to help him find a kidnapped little girl, he cannot even share the story with Beth who appears to have gone somewhere with her mother. But has she really?
The story makes a compulsive reading. There are twists and turns, and dark discoveries that made me revise my initial idea of the target audience. It did raise a question of what kind of topics we should include or exclude from YA books. The content warnings for this book include: death of a parent, child kidnapping and child pornography. There are no graphic descriptions and the issues are dealt with maximum sensitivity. Should we let our children that, although mercifully rare, these things exist? We do not learn much about the main villains in the book (apart from a few details about one of the kidnappers), so the picture is black and white here.
Ezekiel and Beth make fantastic protagonists. Despite the dark things that happened to them, they are still typical teenagers: smart and sarcastic, looking for love and friendship, exploring what their limits are and what they can do to make a difference in other people's lives. The relationship between Ezekiel and his father was so loving and tender that it brought tears to my eyes. The police officer who trusted Ezekiel to help him with the investigation is a secondary character, but he also helps to explore some very important questions such as what does it mean to be friends with somebody, especially if we are talking about different ages. The GRUT guys deserve a special mention. I would have loved to get to know them better, but I do understand that to keep the story focused and streamlined, the author needed to make some sacrifices.
A moving story of finding friends and dealing with loss, Lost and Found is a powerful book that explores important topics in an absorbing and highly readable way.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the DRC provided in exchange for an honest opinion.

I liked that this novel was more "realistic" fiction than sci-fi or fantasy as I had pigeon-holed Card as an author. There were some well developed characters and some could have used more development. The storyline went in unexpected places and the ensuing mystery helped speed the plotline up tremendously. Teenager Ezekiel has a talent/"micropower" of finding the owners to lost items which in the past has misaligned him as a "thief" and thus ostracized him from his peers. Along comes Beth, a 13 year old who physically is small enough in stature to resemble a 6/7 year old, and she foists a friendship onto him that is reminiscent of "Freak the Mighty." While Ezekiel and Beth have more advanced vocabularies and snark than the average teenager, I do think most teens would enjoy this book and the characters.

Rating: 3.5 curious stars rounded up to 4 stars

This was such an interesting book. Orson Scott Card took me on a really unique reading experience. This Young Adult book slotted, as in the Sci-Fi genre was not was I expecting to read at all. I was pleasantly surprised it get to know Ezekiel Bliss/Blast and most of the characters that surrounded him. Ninth grader, Ezekiel has a not a superpower, but a micropower that enables him to find lost things. He then feels compelled to try to find the owner of the objects, which has gotten him into trouble in the past because the assumption is that he has stolen the item, not simply found it.

What I especially loved about the storytelling in this book was that the dialogue was so clever. Pay close attention while reading this book. It is often subtle. The book is so funny when you catch the irony and the understated humor. It can also be heartbreaking. I imagine Ezekiel as somewhere on the autism spectrum, or in the genius IQ range. I can’t decide which. Either way he can be obstinate in his logic that to him sees perfectly correct.

Ezekiel and his friend Beth join a research group to if they can harness their micropowers to provide some good in the world. However, all may not be as it seems on the surface. This is a bit of a family drama, a coming-of-age story, and a quirky sci-fi adventure. Keep reading. This is a good one!

‘Thank-You’ to NetGalley; the publisher, Blackstone Publishing; and the author, Orson Scott Card, for providing a free e-ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Lost and Found is a clever paranormal book w/a twist! This might be more geared towards the YA crowd, as I tried to love it, but it was just okay for me. The humor and snark were entertaining, but at times it got to be a bit excessive. Only one of the characters really stood out to me, and that wasn't even the main one. The idea behind the story has merit, if a bit unbelievable, but it's an overall good read. I adore Orson Scott Card and will definitely keep reading his other works, but this one just missed the mark in my book.

Orson Scott Card is, of course, most famous for Ender's Game and its sequels. His newest book, Lost and Found, has the same target audience, and features some of the same type of precious teens with unusual talents, but that's about as far as the comparisons go.



In Lost and Found we meet teens who have micropowers. These are like superpowers, only less useful or significant. (For example, the ability to make people yawn, or to tell whether someone's belly button is an innie or outie.) The main character Ezekiel can see something that's lost and intuitively know whose it is and where to find that person. This got him into trouble when he was younger, because no one believed him when he said he just knew where things came from; they assumed he stole them. So he suppressed his power. Nevertheless, all the kids shunned him, labelling him a thief.



Then several things happened: a detective read Ezekiel's file and tried to enlist him to find a missing girl. Beth, a classmate with proportional dwarfism, started walking to school with him, forcing her friendship on him against his initial rebuffs. And the school counselor encouraged him to go to a group called GRUT, Group of Rare and Useless Talents. This is where Ezekiel and other teens with micropowers meet with researchers who help them develop their talents.



As he learns more about his micropower, Ezekiel decides to work with the detective. As it turns out, the detective is with the FBI, investigating a significant child trafficking ring. When Beth goes missing, Ezekiel is, of course, eager to do what he can to find her.



Card's writing is a lot of fun. He deals with serious questions about things typical teens struggle with, serious questions about the complexities and implications of micropowers, and, as you might expect, mixes in plenty of good humor and fun. I really enjoyed the banter between Ezekiel and Beth, as well as their mild smart-alecky attitude against authority figures.



I also enjoyed Ezekiel's relationship with his father. Ezekiel's mother was hit by a car and killed when Ezekiel was very young, so his dad has had to be a solo parent. It's nice to see a parent portrayed as wise and helpful, not a buffoon.



On the question of micropowers, the FBI agent who recruited Ezekiel wonders if everybody has one, "only we thing the stuff we're doing just happens by chance." On the surface, Lost and Found is an entertaining adventure story with some silly premises and plot twists. But Card raises some good questions about using our gifts, whatever they are, about accepting people who are different, and about faithfulness to friends and family.



Lost and Found is not your typical superhero origin story, and it's very different from Ender's Game, but should have a broad appeal for readers of all ages.





Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the complimentary electronic review copy!

"He never allowed any of the what-ifs to become a plan, because he knew that absolutely nothing was under his control."

I was originally drawn to this book because of the cover, and then I realized the author is Orson Scott Card.  Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow are two of my most favorite books so I had to check out Lost and Found.  A middle grade read with less of a touch of science fiction than Card's other books,  this story was still a lot of fun.  Orson Scott Card is so versatile in his writing.  His books are always so engaging and absorbing no matter the intended audience.  I wouldn't rank this book up there with the Ender's series but it definitely warrants the read. I feel that this is a great place to start if you're looking for an introduction to this author, but not yet ready for the more science-fiction type books that's he's famous for.

Sorry if I'll be too harsh on this but this book really caught my attention with its glorious cover and the gist has mo much potential but the goods were not delivered.

First, the pacing was too slow. There were moments when I'm not even sure if I want to continue flipping the pages of this eARC because the narrative seems like a prolonged short story. The entirety of the storyline has potential yet the execution was not fitted for my taste so apologies on my end for that.

Another thing that made me rate this book this low is the fact that my mind is not grasping the plot, it seems that the interest was not there. I also allotted a whole 10 days worth of reading for this but the flight just did not take off. I am also a bit confused with the genre of this one because it is sending mixed signals all throughout.

Anyway, I don't want to rain on anyone's parade especially that this one is being released today so, here is my honest rating for this book:

RATING: 2stars

Orson Scott Card is at it again. Here he’s made a whole new world for us to follow. Or rather, all-new characters and abilities, set on earth (for a change). It’s marketed as a young adult novel, full of teens with powers. But it does have some darker subjects to be aware of (see below).
Ezekiel Blast is a finder. He can find things. Or rather, lost things tend to just find him. That has caused him all sorts of trouble in the past – from being accused of theft to nearly being arrested for trying to return something he found.
But all of that is about to change, as he learns to control his micropower in hopes of finding a little lost girl. And to think, none of it would have happened if a police officer hadn’t given him a chance and tried to make him do something with his gift.

“You know that I’m the school leper. Why would you walk with me?”
“I’m not walking with you. I’m walking inside your shunning bubble.”

Warnings: Lost and Found has some seriously dark elements hidden within. There are kidnappings, mentions of beatings with no consequences, bullying, child pornography, and (spoiler warning here) details about a body decomposing. I’m not going to say much on the latter, because it is a big revelation later on, but things get dangerously dark around that point. Consider yourself warned.

Lost and Found was an interesting concept; a kid with micropowers being forced to learn how to deal with them. Ezekiel Blast hasn’t had an easy life, with having lost things show up around him, only for people to accuse him of theft should he dare return them. That little twist did make his plot a lot more interesting, I’ll give you that.
I loved the concept behind the micropowers. It was fun to see powers used in a significantly smaller scale. My biggest regret is that we didn’t get to see more kids with them – just a handful, and even then we didn’t get to see too much of them.
I will say that I felt like this novel is marketed in an odd way. It’s written for a younger audience – the writing alone made that very clear. But there are some very dark subjects and themes running throughout this book, from the kidnappings and child pornography to Beth’s whole plot. It might be a little much, given the target audience.
I can’t help but notice that Orson Scott Card seems to have a pattern when it comes to his main characters. Ezekial is brilliant, young, underestimated and misunderstood. Sound familiar? It should. This cookie cutter character did break the immersion a bit. But maybe a younger audience (which is the target audience, remember) won’t know as much of his other works yet?
On the whole, I think that Lost and Found actually did have a great premise. It was just the follow through that ultimately was a letdown.

I received this ARC to read in return for a review. Thoughts are my own!
I read this book going on with high expectations so I wish thinking of it as Orson s other books. I tried to read it at least 5 pages, but I just couldn't get into it plus this was a middle grade read and it just wasn't for me. Overall, I'd recommend this anyone who loves Middle grade reads.and not have high expectations like I did.