If You Find Me 
By: Emily Murdoch
2013

This is one of those books that never ends after you're through reading it. The story stays with you and you continue to think about it once you finish. The story line follows tow sisters, Carey and Jenessa, as they are rescued from their lives in the woods alone to living in society with their father. The plot line has many surprising turns that easily keeps any reader interested. You feel a deep emotional connection to the characters as they try to adjust to their new lives while hiding deep and dark secrets that may ruin Carey's new life if they were to come out. Emily Murdoch's writing style is easy to follow along giving very descriptive details so you are able to see a clear picture in your head about what it going on.
While reading the book, I found it very difficult to put it down, I was automatically hooked from the first page. Even though there aren't many, if any, people who go through this exact problem, but the books is still relatable on different levels. It is easy to understand the close, emotional ties to family and finding love within your family. The novel also forces you to think about your own lifestyle and how greedy we as a society can be and how it is so easy to get caught up in things we want when there are more important things to strive for in life, like family , friends, love, protection, and happiness.
Highly, highly recommend.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

By: Sherman Alexie 

My initial thoughts on this book are that it genuinely surprised me with all of the tragedy that took place from beginning to end of the novel. To me the novel was heartbreaking and beautiful in the way that it described Junior’s life as he talks about his journey to a new stepping point in his life. I also thought that it broke the boundaries between race lines that exist between whites and Indians, a line that I didn't really think even existed. It also opened my eyes to the way life is on Indian reservations, something that I never really put much thought into and it surprised me to hear about how it really works. I found myself cheering on Junior as he goes on, even as he is faced with such troubles. Although this is a book written mainly for adolescents I still feel that it could be read and enjoyed by adults because I believe that this is an extremely thought provoking novel and it forces you to think about how the world works. I would highly recommend this novel for any reader of any age.