Love From Lexie by Cathy Cassidy

I got Cathy Cassidy's latest book, Love From Lexie the day before it came out (15th June 2017) and I loved it from the first paragraph. It is about a girl with a very sad past after her Mum leaves her one day and never comes back and she feels lost after ending up in foster care. She decides to bring together others at school who feel lost or alone or like a misfit and creates a group. I immediately loved this idea and related to it and wanted to see where it would go. I loved the variety of different characters who joined the group and wanted to know all their stories.

Lexie forms a special connection with one particular member and the book almost had me shouting at Lexie with advice in the friendship, I just had to keep reading to see what would happen and it turned out there was a huge shock later in the book that I was not expecting and I changed my opinion completely!

The group form a cool band  and decide to campaign to save their library under threat of closed down with a protest concert and festival... which sounds awesome and I would love to go to it! I think the book will inspire lots of young people to re-create this cool idea.

The book also has a historical twist which I love. It feels very different and unique to anything else I've read and incorporates lots of different issues such as foster care, sexuality, different cultures and refugees. I hope this book teaches lots of young people to be accepting of everyone.
Love From Lexie celebrates diversity, individuality, music and of course libraries! I can't wait to read more about Lexie's friends and find out what else the Lost & Found get up to!