by Elizabeth ScottSummary: Alice's name isn't really Alice. As a young girl, she was kidnapped from a school field trip by a man named Ray. She has been his prisoner for so long, that even though he allows her to roam free during the day, she doesn't attempt to escape. She is convinced that he will harm her family if she ever leaves. As Alice grows older, Ray begins to look for a younger girl to replace her. He wants her to help him. She knows this might mean her own death, and is certainly not going to be good for the new girl.
My thoughts: Shudder. This is a horribly sad story made even more sad by the knowledge that, while a rare event, things like this do sometimes happen. Definitely a high school book. I liked Norma Fox Mazer's The Missing Girl much better.
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