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Museum of Lost and Found, The

Leila Sales

Illustrator: Jacqueline Li

Ages: 12+

Published: 2023

Publisher: Amulet Books/Abrams

ISBN: 978-1-41975-451-7

Keywords: changing friendships, art, military families, Jewish culture, body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB)

Sixth grader Vanessa discovers an abandoned museum, where she creates a private exhibit of objects connected to her no-longer-best friend Bailey, trying to understand what went wrong between them. Black-and-white illustrations.