History Literature / LostInTheMomentAndFound

* TraumaButton: Since Antsy's father died in a lit Target, Antsy won't go in there for love or money and once wets herself rather than be forced through the doors.

* TheRunaway: Antsy flees home because she can't think of any other way to protect herself.

* CapitalLettersAreMagic: Antsy not only notes that she can hear the importance in the way that Vineta says "Doors" as opposed to "doors", [[spoiler:she can detect the opposite effect when speaking to Elodina, who only refers to them as "doors" because she doesn't revere them or fear them as much as the others do.]]

* TheCassandra: Tyler starts framing Antsy as a liar after the marriage, disagreeing with her on things like who cleaned the bathroom and why Antsy brought the plates to dinner so that Antsy can see her mother taking his side on things as the adult, driving her away from her mother.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler:In sharp contrast to Vineta and Hudson, Elodina let all of her charges know exactly what they were getting into and insisted that the tradition continue. When Vineta (or perhaps someone before her) broke it, she spent years struggling to get a message to Antsy so she could learn the truth.]]

* RapidAging: [[spoiler:It's revealed that every time a person passes through a Door, they age two whole days as the "cost". It's not enough to be noticeable for most travelers, who only go through Doors once or twice, but to travellers like Antsy who go through several doors a day, it adds up fast. Antsy ages nine years in two.]]

* ContentWarning: The book opens with an author's note warning about the gaslighting and attempted grooming Antsy suffers in the early chapters, with a reassurance that Antsy gets away before anything can actually happen.

Antoinette's carefree life ended with the death of her father. With the arrival of her lecherous new stepfather and her grief isolating her from the adults around her, Antsy decides to run away, and walks through a Door into the Shop Where The Lost Things Go. Because of her age, the Shop's caretakers recruit her to wander through the Doors and the realms beyond, looking for items to add to the Shop's wares. But danger lurks at every turn, and as Antsy is about to learn, every Door exacts a price.

* TheCassandra: Tyler starts framing Antsy as a liar after the marriage, disagreeing with her on things like who cleaned the bathroom and why Antsy brought the plates to dinner so that Antsy loses hope her mother will ever take her word over his.

* DisappearedDad: Antsy's father [[spoiler: dies instantly from a massive heart attack while she's just down the aisle of the store.]]

* LecherousStepparent: Tyler, the man Antsy's mother marries, clearly has unwholesome designs. ''She runs away'' before anything too horrible can happen.

Antoinette's carefree life ended with the death of her father. With the arrival of her lecherous new stepfather and her grief isolating her from the adults around her, Antsy decides to run away, and walks through a Door into the Shop Where The Lost Things Go. Because of her age, the Shop's caretakers recruit her to wander through the Doors and the realms beyond, looking for items to add to the Shop's wares. But danger lurks at every turn, and every Door exacts a price.

Antoinette's carefree life ended with the death of her father. With the arrival of her lecherous new stepfather and her grief isolating her from the adults around her, Antsy decides to run away, and walks through a Door into the Shop Where The Lost Things Go. Because of her age, the Shop's caretakers recruit her to wander through the Doors and the realms beyond, looking for items to add to the Shop's wares. But danger lurks at every turn, and Antsy must discover the secrets behind the Doors if she wants to survive.

''Lost in the Moment and Found'' is a book in the ''Literature/WaywardChildren'' series by Creator/SeananMcGuire. It was published in 2023.

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* YoungerThanTheyLook: [[spoiler: Vineta. And Antsy. ''Any'' child who stays in this world and opens the Doors ages at a rapid pace. It's unclear how much their mentality keeps up with their physical age.]]

If you ever lost a sock, you’ll find it here. If you ever wondered where your favourite toy from childhood ended up, it’s probably sitting on a shelf in the back. And the headphones that you swore that this time you’d keep safe? You guessed it… Antoinette has lost her father. Metaphorically. He’s not in the shop, and she’ll never see him again. But when Antsy finds herself lost (literally, this time), she finds that however many doors open for her, leaving the Shop for good might not be as simple as it sounds. Lost in the Moment and Found tells us that childhood and innocence, once lost, can never be found.