Fiction by Amanda Peters
Every year this Mi'kmaq native family goes down from Nova Scotia to Maine to pick berries: Ben, Charlie, Joe, Ruthie, and their mom and dad. The whole family works, kids and parents, same as always. But in 1962, five-year-old Ruthie disappears and nothing is the same ever again.
The reader knows that Ruthie has been "adopted" by a white couple and had her name changed to Norma, but the family just hopes she is still alive, knowing nothing of her whereabouts. They take it hard, especially Joe, her sibling who was closest to her in age and last to see her. Will they ever be reunited?
This book was picked by Barnes and Noble as their Discover Prize winner for 2023. I thought it was good but not great.
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