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The butterfly girl, Rene Denfeld

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A year ago, Naomi, the investigator with an uncanny ability for finding missing children, made a promise that she would not take another case until she finds the younger sister who has been missing for years. Naomi has no picture, not even a name. All she has is a vague memory of a strawberry field at night, black dirt under her bare feet as she ran for her life. The search takes her to Portland, Oregon, where scores of homeless children wander the streets like ghosts, searching for money, food, and companionship. The sharp-eyed investigator soon discovers that young girls have been going missing for months, many later found in the dirty waters of the river. Though she does not want to get involved, Naomi is unable to resist the pull of children in need-- and the fear she sees in the eyes of a twelve-year old girl named Celia. Running from an abusive stepfather and an addict mother, Celia has nothing but hope in the butterflies-- her guides and guardians on the dangerous streets. She sees them all around her, tiny iridescent wisps of hope that soften the edges of this hard world and illuminate a cherished memory from her childhood-- the Butterfly Museum, a place where everything is safe and nothing can hurt her. As danger creeps closer, Naomi and Celia find echoes of themselves in one another, forcing them each to consider the question: Can you still be lost even when you've been found? But will they find the answer too late?
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eng
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Large print edition.
Extent
335 pages ; 23 cm.
Isbn
9781432872809
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The butterfly girl
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The butterfly girl
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Rene Denfeld
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eng
Summary
A year ago, Naomi, the investigator with an uncanny ability for finding missing children, made a promise that she would not take another case until she finds the younger sister who has been missing for years. Naomi has no picture, not even a name. All she has is a vague memory of a strawberry field at night, black dirt under her bare feet as she ran for her life. The search takes her to Portland, Oregon, where scores of homeless children wander the streets like ghosts, searching for money, food, and companionship. The sharp-eyed investigator soon discovers that young girls have been going missing for months, many later found in the dirty waters of the river. Though she does not want to get involved, Naomi is unable to resist the pull of children in need-- and the fear she sees in the eyes of a twelve-year old girl named Celia. Running from an abusive stepfather and an addict mother, Celia has nothing but hope in the butterflies-- her guides and guardians on the dangerous streets. She sees them all around her, tiny iridescent wisps of hope that soften the edges of this hard world and illuminate a cherished memory from her childhood-- the Butterfly Museum, a place where everything is safe and nothing can hurt her. As danger creeps closer, Naomi and Celia find echoes of themselves in one another, forcing them each to consider the question: Can you still be lost even when you've been found? But will they find the answer too late?
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Denfeld, Rene
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813/.6
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no index present
LC call number
PS3604.E54
LC item number
B87 2019
Literary form
fiction
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Thorndike Press large print core
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  • Cottle, Naomi (Fictitious character)
  • Women private investigators
  • Missing children
  • Homeless children
  • Runaway children
  • Memory
  • Portland (Or.)
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The butterfly girl, Rene Denfeld
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rdacontent
Edition
Large print edition.
Extent
335 pages ; 23 cm.
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9781432872809
Lccn
2019042685
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • on1121443652
  • (OCoLC)1121443652
Label
The butterfly girl, Rene Denfeld
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Edition
Large print edition.
Extent
335 pages ; 23 cm.
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9781432872809
Lccn
2019042685
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • on1121443652
  • (OCoLC)1121443652

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