Mark Albright after 30 years has returned to Declare, Oklahoma trying to find Gaylene Harjo his suspected birthmother. When he arrives, he starts to look for Gaylene but Teeve (Gaylene’s sister-in-law) tells him shocking news about himself and Gaylene. She tells him about a murder that happened in 1972. The victim was his mother, Gaylene Harjo and Mark is the missing boy everyone thought was dead, Nicky Jack Harjo. As the story goes on Mark tries to get a feeling of who Gaylene was. He also starts to investigate who was the killer and how he really ended up where he did.

I think this book was remarkable because as much as Mark had been convinced he would never know who killed or took him, he never gave up. In the end he found a real family. I would recommend this book to young adults who enjoy a murder/hope/love story.

Reviewed by:  Cassie P. @ Catalina H.S.

Edited by:  kb

Photo Credit:  Google Images