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Whether it s earrings, homework, or love notes, Tillie Lost and Found Green and her camera can find any lost thing–until a search for a missing person forces her to step out from behind the lens in Brigit Young s middle-grade debut novel, Worth a Thousand Words. Ever since a car accident left Tillie Green with lasting painful injuries, she s hidden behind her camera. She watches her family and classmates through the lens, tracking down misplaced items and spotting the small details that tell a much bigger story than people usually see. But she isn t prepared for class clown Jake Hausmann s request: to find his father. In a matter of days, Tillie goes from silent observer to one half of a detective duo, searching for clues to the mystery of Jake s dad s disappearance. When the truth isn t what Jake wants it to be, and the photographs start exposing people s secrets, Tillie has to decide what–and who–is truly important to her. A Junior Library Guild Selection