The Prisoner

by Cade Merrill

Book Overview

At 18, Eliza Baynes was convicted of murder. She claimed that the real killer was under the control of the Blair Witch. Now, she wants Cade's help. But, she warns, if I tell you my story, you will... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553493671
• ISBN13: 9780553493672
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Bantam Books for Young Readers
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

Great book - couldn't put it down.

If you have seen "The Blair Witch Project" movies, then you must read "The Blair Witch Files, The Prisoner". The character, Cade Merrill, has made it a mission to out as much as he can about the witch. See, Cade, he's Heather Donahue's cousin and she is the girl from the first Blair Witch movie. So in this file he encounters a cry for help, from a girl named Eliza Baynes, and what's interesting is that she is in prison. So Cade sets out to see why she has requested him to help her. It turns out that she never sent a letter. She claims to not even remember writing one. So, being interested already, Cade puts that aside and talks to her anyway. At first the girl is scared claiming Cade will get hurt if she tells him her story. She says that is how all the others died. So already intrigued, Cade makes a few visits back to the prison. Eliza tells Cade that maybe he can hear her story, from Elisa's journal. So as Cade left that day he also takes Eliza's journal. The first few entries only tell about Eliza's moving to Burkittsville, Maryland with her father. Then, things get weird, and the murders start coming up in the journal. As Cade reads more, the more things get crazier around him. Now what kind of person would I be if I told you more? Sorry, but if you want to find out more, you are going to have to read the book and find out for yourself.

Another great book in the Blair Witch Files Series...

When Cade Merrill is contacted by a girl convicted of murder, he is determined to uncover the truth about her crimes. At sixteen Eliza Baynes tried to take her revenge on the stepbrother she hated, but her attempts at a spell ended with the death of her father. Sent to boarding school, Eliza is haunted by her past and the fact that everyone she talks to about what happened dies in mysterious circumstances. Finally convinced she has escaped from the witch's evil, Eliza returns to Burkittsville, where it is soon apparent that history is repeating itself. Eliza was only eighteen years old when she was given the death penalty for killing her then boyfriend Jake Henderson on the evidence of his younger brother Ryan. Her sentence is later retracted and Eliza is sentenced to life imprisonment, but the memories of what took place remain and she needs Cade's help. Eliza claims that she herself is innocent and that Jake's murder was committed by a person under the control of the Blair Witch. As she warns Cade, everyone who hears her story ends up dead. Will Cade be the next victim of the Blair Witch?"The Prisoner" is the sixth book in the Blair Witch Casefiles series. It was a fast-paced, entertaining and genuinely scary book, although it did lack the suspense of some of the previous books. I love every book in the series so far and this one did not disappoint. I recommend this to all Blair Witch fans.

Great book, can't wait to read the rest...

This book was a very good read, in fact it only took me a day to read it.(even though it was a short book)The story is about a young girl who is convicted of murder for a crime she claims she did not commite, that in fact it was the blair witch....and anyone who she tells her story to dies...so she asks Cade Merrill for help and he ends up reading her diary (which you will be reading in the book). While the story is really good...it was also depressing caues it turnes out sad. And of course sincs it is of the Blair Witch you still dont fine any truth about anything, you just read the story. I cant wait to ready the other 7 books in The blair witch Files. You can go to the website if you want to now more about the books, there are even clues to each of the books you can read, like the e-mails of the people who wrote to Cade Merrill and other interesting stuff. ...

The Prisoner

Eliza Baynes is acused of a crime she didn't commit. She tries to confide in people what really happened, but everyone she tells she finds dead later. Is it the Blair Witch, Elly Kedward? Eliza is sure of it.

A thrilling new book from the Blair Witch Files series.

Eliza Baynes was devastated when her widowed father remarried. Gloria, his new wife, hates Eliza - and she hates Gloria. Worst of all is Eliza's hateful new stepbrother, Raymond, who terrifies her with stories about the Blair Witch, a local legend. Eliza feels desperate urges that tell her to get revenge - and her attempt at a spell leads to tragedy. Shipped of to boarding school, Eliza tries to confide the truth - that she was under the curse of the Blair Witch - but everyone she tries to get close to dies a horrible death. After she graduates, she takes a job as a live-in nanny to a twelve-year-old boy. When his older brother dies, Eliza is convicted of murder and sent off to spend the rest of her life in prison - eighteen years old, and fated to live what remains of her life behind bars. For Eliza knows that sooner or later, the Blair Witch will decide to kill her, too. Eliza contacts Cade Merrill, who tries to unravel the mystery before it's too late. This was one of my favorite books from the Blair Witch Files series. The writing quality was higher than in previous books, and the story was suspenseful.