The Killing Woods

by Lucy Christopher

Book Overview

The latest thrilling adventure from the author of the Printz Honor Book STOLEN -- now in paperback!

Ashlee Parker is dead, and Emily Shepherd's dad is accused of the crime. A former soldier suffering from PTSD, he emerges from the woods carrying the girl's broken body. "Gone," he says, then retreats into silence.What really happened that wild night? Emily knows in her bones that her father is innocent -- isn't he? Before he's convicted, she's got to find out the truth. Does Damon Hilary, Ashlee's charismatic boyfriend, have the answers? Or is he only playing games with her -- the kinds of games that can kill?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545461014
• ISBN13: 9780545461016
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Chicken House
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

Very Different

This book was not at all what I expected it to be. It has a very strange but gripping storyline. The beginning is a little slow, but it makes up for it in the end. I liked it. Not my absolute favourite book or anything, but it was decent and a good read.