Title: The Lovely and the Lost

Author: Jennifer Lyn Barnes

Reviewer: Rhonda Bruce

Audience:  Secondary

      "Confined space. Stale air. Predator. I thought of my encounter with the mountain lion the day before. If I could handle that, I could handle this." (P229)     

Kira remembers vividly the moment Cady Bennett and her K9 search and rescue dog found her, living alone in the wild with no memories from her earlier life. Adopted  into the family, Kira still has trouble with humans but not with dogs. When Cady's estranged dad appears and asks for Cady's help in finding a child missing 75000 acres of wilderness, Cady packs up her K9 team including Kira and Jude, Cady's son, and heads to the mountains.  Kira vows to find the child and bring her home. As the search escalates, Kira and her friends must uncover long-buried secrets to save the missing girl's life.