Lisa McMann at her very best!! Not since Wake have I seen her weave a book so succinct and complete (we'll get to that cliffhanger ending in a second!). The narration was perfect; I LOVED Ethan, faults and all. His stream-of-consciousness thoughts were honest, unedited, and wholly real to me. The story was interesting, and the ending threw me for a loop, but it was Ethan's character that drove me from beginning to end, and to crave a sequel. 
 The story is all-too-believable. A little boy is snatched from his front yard in broad daylight with his little brother watching, never to be heard from again. Enduring the harsh world all but alone, Ethan finally makes his way back home. But how can that ever be a happy ending, at least right away? There are so many questions on both sides, years of heartache and loneliness, and now there is a "replacement child" that Ethan has to deal with, nevermind his younger brother who is still intensely troubled. Lisa paints us a picture of what this situation must really be like. This is a real family with vivid relationships and personalities dealing with real problems. 
 But the ending... in some ways it contradicts the themes Lisa set up, and in other ways it drives them home. In either case, it will flip your stomach. The last line is still haunting me. 
 Truly this book is not to be missed!