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We Are Lost and Found
We Are Lost and Found | Helene Dunbar
6 posts | 9 read | 12 to read
A poignant, heartbreaking, and uplifting, story in the tradition of The Perks of Being a Wallflower about three friends coming-of-age in the early 1980s as they struggle to forge their own paths in the face of fear of the unknown. Michael is content to live in the shadow of his best friends, James and Becky. Plus, his brother, Connor, has already been kicked out of the house for being gay and laying low seems to be Michael's only chance at avoiding the same fate. To pass the time before graduation, Michael hangs out at The Echo where he can dance and forget about his father's angry words, the pressures of school, and the looming threat of AIDS, a disease that everyone is talking about, but no one understands. Then he meets Gabriel, a boy who actually sees him. A boy who, unlike seemingly everyone else in New York City, is interested in him and not James. And Michael has to decide what he's willing to risk to be himself.
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broughtyoubooks
We Are Lost and Found | Helene Dunbar
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Pickpick

Last of the borrows I got for their HIV/AIDs portrayals. All well worth reading.

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Lovesbooks87
We Are Lost and Found | Helene Dunbar
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Bailedbailed

I started this book Wednesday and I just couldn‘t get into it. I put it down after two days and have no desire to pick it up. A lot of people have posted about how amazing it is but I just can‘t get into it.

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Peaceful_Reader
We Are Lost and Found | Helene Dunbar
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Wow. I‘ve read a third of this and find it intense and filled with real emotion. As a child of the 80s I connect to the time period very well. “Drunk Trivial Pursuit” and a reference for Prince blasting on the stereo so far.

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Book_yogi
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Pickpick

This was a tough look back at the early 1980s and AIDS and how scary it was to love. I almost didn‘t read this because the cover just didn‘t do it for me, but I am glad I did.

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ReadingSusan
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This book is a must read. It‘s a coming of age tale set in the beginning of the AIDS crisis. It will squeeze and break your heart. It‘s a really beautiful book. It got four stars instead of five because there are no quotation marks. Please for the love of god authors please stop doing that. It‘s pretentious and annoying.

I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Oh gosh!! That drives me crazy!! 😳😫🤣 5y
CarolynM Stacked 5y
ReadingSusan @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks me too! It‘s such a huge pet peeve. 5y
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bookishkai
We Are Lost and Found | Helene Dunbar
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Scored this off #netgalley! I‘m psyched to read this, and to compare it with Like a Love Story, even though it‘s set a couple of years before LaLS. I‘m happy to see YA writers taking on the early days of AIDS, but I‘m also sad that they have to.