The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer

This is a fairy tale with a narrator.  That may appear off-putting but surprisingly it is not.   The story has a seemingly naivete but has an underpinning of social awareness.  If the book-banning bigots read this they’d probably ban it but the title doesn’t announce its underpinnings and face it most of the book-banning bigots don’t read.  Two boys are lost or kidnapped.   What happens next is the story.

The perspective of the book is focused on a different kind of bigotry.  Rafe’s dad is determined to make a man out of his son and his methodology leaves much to desire.  

Emile, adopted, wants to find her biological sister.   Jeremy is an internationally known people finder.   Emile turns to him for help without realizing she is the catalyst for a more in-depth story. 

In a faraway land with unicorns and dragons, the story uses fantasy as an allegory.

Shaffer handles questions of gender identity tactfully.  The story carefully incorporates some LGBTQ issues in a manner not likely to offend anyone.

I enjoyed the book and recommend it. 

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