REVIEW: LOST & FOUND

LOST & FOUND, BY BROOKE DAVIS. DUTTON, 320 PP. $26.95

Some books are defined by the foundations -- thecentral plot line, the characters' relationships with each other and themselves, the focal symbol. Some books, including Brooke Davis' Lost & Found, are defined by the details. Millie Bird, a seven-year-old girl who is left at a department store by her mother, has red Wellington boots and equally red curly hair. Agatha keeps a strict schedule and has specific points in her house to execute ea...