In a broken-down camper deep in a forest live six-year-old Nessa and fifteen-year-old Carey, along with a mother who is addicted to drugs and abuses them regularly. But Nessa and Carey have each other, and Nessa depends on Carey to live.

Their mother's periods of absence grows longer and more frequent until she finally never comes home. Children's Services intervene and find the girls, placing them with Carey's father, who hasn't seen her in ten years. The world outside of the woods is drastically different and the girls must learn to adapt in a wholly foreign environment, but their secrets are deep and dark, and if they reveal them, they might just lose everything.

This is not light reading and could be trigger worthy to those who have suffered from abuse. Having said this, it's not your typical tale. What these girls have been through is horrifying and unimaginable, but the story does not focus on the atrocities as much as it does the human will to survive.

There are candid moments and there are heartbreaking moments, but what shines through the pages is the pure experience of life, the poignant moments that are caught to perfection by the author, Emily Murdoch. It's her beautiful writing that gives this story a softened edge, a palatable tolerance. I carried Nessa and Carey with me long after I put IF YOU FIND ME down. A completely fantastic read, I highly recommend IF YOU FIND ME.