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Have You Seen Luis Velez?

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde
Narrated by: Michael Crouch
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An Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestseller.

New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde brings heartwarming authenticity to the story of two strangers who find that kindness is a powerful antidote to fear.

Raymond Jaffe feels like he doesn’t belong. Not with his mother’s new family. Not as a weekend guest with his father and his father’s wife. Not at school, where he’s an outcast. After his best friend moves away, Raymond has only two real connections: to the feral cat he’s tamed and to a blind ninety-two-year-old woman in his building who’s introduced herself with a curious question: Have you seen Luis Velez?

Mildred Gutermann, a German Jew who narrowly escaped the Holocaust, has been alone since her caretaker disappeared. She turns to Raymond for help, and as he tries to track Luis down, a deep and unexpected friendship blossoms between the two.

Despondent at the loss of Luis, Mildred isolates herself further from a neighborhood devolving into bigotry and fear. Determined not to let her give up, Raymond helps her see that for every terrible act the world delivers, there is a mirror image of deep kindness, and Mildred helps Raymond see that there’s hope if you have someone to hold on to.

©2019 by Catherine Ryan Hyde, Trustee, or Successor Trustee, of the Catherine Ryan Hyde Revocable Trust created under that certain declaration dated September 27, 1999. (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. City Life Coming of Age Family Life Fiction Friendship Genre Fiction Urban Heartfelt Feel-Good

Critic Reviews

“A master of making a heartwarming tale feel authentic and socially urgent, Hyde (Just After Midnight, 2018, etc.) deftly sketches the plights of Raymond and Millie, weighting their friendship with worries and regrets that echo as true…A tender tale of new families born of chance and the determination to bring light into darkness.” (Kirkus Reviews)
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A beautiful feel good book, I had tears and laughs, a very moving story of a beautiful teenager.

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loved the characters and the different moods as sadness and joy overcome. the world needs more Raymond's.

gently thought provoking

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Brilliantly performed. Brought tears to my eyes. A heart felt story which brought hope and light bringing a balance between beauty and sadness.

Touching, deep and thought provoking

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Loved this book. Really nice story and beautifully narrated. Got me hooked from the start. Highly recommend.

What a great story

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What a beautiful story. Well written and well read.
I loved it. Very heart warming.

Beautiful story

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Nice enough but reads more like a young adult book: meandering and predictable for mine. The narration by Micheal Crouch was excellent.

Nice enough

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