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:''This article is about the abridged 2022 version. For the [[BeForever]] version, see [[Lost and Found]].''
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{{infobox book
| name = ''Samantha: Lost and Found''
| image = SamanthaLostAndFound-2022.jpg
| imagewidth = 300px
| caption = The cover of ''Samantha: Lost and Found''
| published = 2022
| author = [[Valerie Tripp]]
| illustrator =
| isbn = 1683372018
| prev = ''[[Samantha: The Gift]]''
}}
'''''Samantha: Lost and Found''''' is a bound, abridged and modified book of the last three books of [[Samantha Parkington|Samantha's]] [[Central Series]].

==Stories Included==

* [[Happy Birthday, Samantha!]] (truncated, see below)
* [[Samantha Saves the Day]]
* [[Changes for Samantha]]

==Changes from ''Lost and Found''==

* Several--but not all--illustrations have been placed back into the text, including the Friends and Family/dramatis personae; some have been cropped. [[Jenny O'Malley]] and [[Bridget O'Malley]] are given separate portraits where they previously shared one.
* Any instances of "Admiral" for [[Archibald Beemis]]'s title that had been capitalized are now lowercase.
* Street numbers (e.g. 17th Street) are now spelled out (Seventeenth Street).
* The first two chapters with Samantha's first (ruined) birthday celebration in New Bedford are removed. The volume opens with Samantha and [[Grandmary]] arriving in New York City, with an addition that they are coming to New York City as a treat for her birthday. This also makes [[Happy_Birthday,_Samantha!#Chapter Three: New York City|Chapter Three: New York City]] now Chapter One, with other chapters renumbered in order.
* While minor descriptions and smaller events within the text are removed (e.g. Samantha walking the twins to their cabin after they arrive, the initial watercolor painting before going up to the attic--changed to be them going for brushes to start), no major events from ''Samantha Saves the Day'' or ''Changes For Samantha'' are removed.
* The paragraphs appended to the end of ''Samantha Saves the Day'' where Grandmary accepts the Admiral's proposal and they leave to honeymoon are moved to the start of ''[[Changes for Samantha#Chapter One: A New Home|Chapter Eight: A New Home]]''; Grandmary's time with Samantha on Piney Point making new memories on Teardrop Island remain at the end of Chapter Seven.
* ''Chapter Eight: A New Home'' edits the paragraphs that were added slightly; Samantha is now stated to have explicitly moved to New York City with [[Gardner Edwards|Gardner]] and [[Cornelia Edwards|Cornelia]], rather than this written as a temporary situation. There are also small edits where Samantha states she misses Mount Bedford--further confirming it is a permanent move.
* To align with events changed in ''Samantha: The Gift'', Nellie and her family are still in New York City, rather than living in Mount Bedford. Thus when her parents die, they move within the city to move in with [[Mike O'Malley]]. Changes in text are made to not mention whom Nellie worked for in Mount Bedford, so there is no mention of Mrs. Van Sicklen (or Mrs. Ryland); Gardner calls the superintendent of the building Nellie had lived in in New York instead, and thus learns more about Mike.<ref>An error later in the text implies that the entire family lived together in Mount Bedford, but this is merely a unchanged line from the original text.</ref>
* Samantha is upset at dinner the same day after learning that Nellie and her sisters are in an orphanage, rather than breakfast the next morning.
* Nellie only worries about getting caught when she and her sisters escape to Samantha's house, rather than talking about looking for work; she still goes out to look while they are hiding.

==Items Associated with and Pictured in ''Samantha: Lost and Found''==

* [[Samantha Parkington (doll)|Samantha's Meet Outfit]] (Classic version)<ref>This is seen only on the chapter page and is not present in illustrations.</ref>
* [[Middy Outfit]]
* [[Plaid Cape and Gaiters]]
* [[Elegant Hat and Muff]]

==Trivia==

* Samantha isn't listed in the large group of other [[Historical Characters]] in the back of the book.
* Unlike most other characters, there are no added diagrams or maps in the front of Samantha's abridged books. This is also true for Kit's books.

==See Also==
* [[Samantha's Story Collection I]]
* [[Samantha's Story Collection II]]
* ''[[Manners and Mischief]]'': A Samantha Classic Volume 1
* ''[[Lost and Found]]'': A Samantha Classic Volume 2
* ''[[Samantha: The Gift]]''

==References==

{{Refs}}

[[Category:Samantha Parkington]]
[[Category:Samantha's Collection]]
[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:Historical Books]]
[[Category:Central Series]]
[[Category:Items Released in 2022]]

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