The Body In The Woods
A Point Last Seen Mystery
Published by Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780545880862
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Awards:
- Selected by the Junior Library Guild.
- Chosen by Scholastic.
- Winner, Oregon Book Award
Reveiw
I've enjoyed many parts and things about this book. The characters really know and feel their age and I feel their voices are interesting and new. The plot is suspenseful, fast and it keeps you wanting more. The quality of the writing is very good and I think I will enjoy anything in the future that Henry writes and releases. There was just enough questions asked of who the killer was to keep me flipping the pages, plus the drama with Alexis' mom added a nice dramatic twist that I liked. The Body In The Woods did a fantastic job of setting up the characters and the stakes involved in Search and Rescue. Having the three teens investigating an actual serial killer murder was a very nice hook. This book overall was very well written and I enjoyed it greatly and the title just pulls me in. I recommend this book to whoever likes murder mysteries and some nice page flippin'! Are you ready?
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Further Explorations
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- Learning more about the Search and Rescue group in Oregon would be some fun knowing that the book was based off the group.
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Partner Titles
Impostor (Variants #1) by Susanne Winnacker
The Night She Disappeared by April Henry
Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas
Work Cited
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"REVIEW: The Body in the Woods by April Henry - Dear Author." Dear Author. N.p., 18 June 2014. Web. 18 Dec. 2015.
"Dangerous Girls." Google Books. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Dec. 2015.
"The Body in the Woods." Scholastic Book Fairs. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Dec. 2015.
"The Night She Disappeared." April Henry, Writer. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Dec. 2015.
"Impostor (Variants, #1)." Goodreads. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Dec. 2015.
"Impostor." Google Books. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Dec. 2015.