Best selling and Edgar Award winning author John Hart has written another enormously popular and critically acclaimed novel. In The Last Child, thirteen year-old Johnny Merrimon is determined to find his missing twin sister, Alyssa. When a second girl disappears from his rural North Carolina town, Johnny makes a discovery that sends shock waves through the community in this multi-layered tale of broken families and deadly secrets. The Washington Post says "Hart is still far too young for The Last Child to be called a crowning achievement, but the novel's ambition, emotional breadth and maturity make it an early masterpiece in a career that continues to promise great things."