Shelter /Harlan Coben
Hachette Livre, 2013, 352pp.
Fiction

Your girlfriend is missing, your father’s dead, and you’re at a new school,   Mickey Bolitar is in the same position and his life is about to take a turn that will cost him everything and everyone he loves.
Mickey Bolitar and his family decided to settle down for their son after traveling all over the world. To a small town but legend has it that once you move in you never moves out.  Mickey had a tragic car accident by witnessing his father’s death his entire life takes a turn.  A strange ghost lady (aka bat lady) telling him his farther is still alive. As mickey is trying to find his missing girlfriend Ashley he finds shocking news about her that might bring a whole new look on the situation and that his dad is not who he truly is? Will Mickey ever find his girlfriend and find out the truth behind his father’s past or never know for the rest of his life?
Shelter was written in first person. The story is seen through Mickey eyes. “As I was playing basketball, something caught my eye. There’s a man in all black suit with a straight face. I’ve never seen him before at these games, but I could tell he was looking dead at me, watching my every move.” Mickey goes through out the story with his only friends Arthur (Mickey calls him Spoon) and Emma (but everyone calls her Ema), Rachel (Mickeys friend and secret crush), and his uncle Myron is trying to help him along the way.
Through the end Shelter is a book that will keep to the edge of your seat begging for more. It helps young readers realize that there is more danger in the world than people know. I think that this book is an enjoyable, nervous, and fun, a book that I loved and hope that you will love too. This book is directed to young adults (6th grade and up).