A Place Called Here by Cecelia Ahern.

Hey Guys,

Product Details:
Publisher: Harper 2007.
Paperback. 484 Pages.
Source: Bought for me.
Rating: 3 out of 5.
Synopsis/Blurb: Ever wonder where the lost things go? Ever since the day her classmate Jenny-May Butler vanished, Sandy Shortt has been haunted by what happens when something – or someone – disappears. Finding has become her goal. Jack Ruttle is desperate to find his younger brother Donal who vanished into thin air a year ago. So when he spots an ad for Sandy’s missing persons agency, he’s certain that she will answer his prayers and find his missing brother.But then Sandy disappears too, stumbling upon a place that is a world away from the only one she has ever known. Now all she wants, more than anything, is to find her way home.

I read Book of tomorrow a few years ago and really enjoyed it, so when my mother-in-law to be bought me this book from a car boot I was excited to read it.
Sandy Shortt is obsessed with finding lost things, she checks her bag over and over to make sure nothing is lost and if she does happen to loose something she does everything she can to find it again. Sandy has her on agency that helps find missing people and when she is on a case to find Jack's brother she herself becomes lost/missing. I really liked how this book starts off with a bit of Sandy's background and then how she is now missing. The book doesn't tell you how she became lost, but it's a heart warming story as she finally meets people she has been searching for, for years.
I liked how "here" and the real world are so similar yet they seem on two different planets. "Here" has all the missing things people have lost over the years, odd socks, books, diaries, you name it, if it's lost it's at "here"
Sandy starts to fit in at "here", she gets on with everyone, but when she looses her watch you get a glimmer of hope that there is a way back, as if it's lost it must be "here".
This book is a real tear filled story, which makes this book so loveable and is an easy read. This was written in 1st person for Sandy and the parts when Jack is searching for Sandy it is written in 3rd person. Now I really did like this book the way it was written and so on, but at the same time, to me it was too much of a chick flick. If you like those kinds of stories you will love this book, but for me I don't tend to enjoy books like this all that much. I have gave my copy to a new owner who does enjoy this types of books and she loved it. I guess as I have grown up my taste in "good" re-readable books has changed. This won't be the last chick flick book I will read though.
See you soon.
Laura xx