Lost and Found (novel)
Encyclopedia
Lost and Found is a children's novel
written by Andrew Clements
, first published in 2008. It is about two boys, Ray and Jay Grayson, who are identical twins
, and have always wondered what it is like to be a single person rather than "one of the Grayson twins".
, Ray is sick, so Jay goes alone. Then at school, when the teacher calls attendance, he realizes Ray's name is not on the list. Jay is about to tell a teacher when he realizes this is a perfect opportunity to see what it is like to be a single person. So Ray and Jay take turns going to school and doing the homework. Everything is going well, until each one starts making friends and starting to like different girls. It is a story of two boys understanding family ties and discovering things they did not know about themselves.
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
written by Andrew Clements
Andrew Clements
Andrew Clements is an American author of children's books. Clements grew up in Camden, New Jersey and Springfield, Illinois, United States,. As a child, he enjoyed summers at a lakeside cabin in Maine where he spent his days swimming and fishing and his evenings reading books...
, first published in 2008. It is about two boys, Ray and Jay Grayson, who are identical twins
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, and have always wondered what it is like to be a single person rather than "one of the Grayson twins".
Plot summary
The Grayson twins never stayed in one school. Their parents' jobs were always moving. On the first day of sixth grade at their new school in Clifton, OhioOhio
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, Ray is sick, so Jay goes alone. Then at school, when the teacher calls attendance, he realizes Ray's name is not on the list. Jay is about to tell a teacher when he realizes this is a perfect opportunity to see what it is like to be a single person. So Ray and Jay take turns going to school and doing the homework. Everything is going well, until each one starts making friends and starting to like different girls. It is a story of two boys understanding family ties and discovering things they did not know about themselves.