Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott

There was a big fuss about this short little young adult novel and I can see why. It's like a Lurlene McDaniel dramatic tale without all the details. Short, to the point, and shocking. Alice is a young girl forced to stay thin and childlike for her captor, a perverted child molester. But now she's getting older and not a child anymore. And even though Ray has molded her mind to submit, she knows he won't want her much longer. So Ray gives her an assignment to find another little girl to take her place. What a concept, huh? Despicable and unnerving. So Alice goes to a park to find another little girl. She finds one, along with the girl's older brother, and the dramatic conclusion will shock you. I was kinda expecting it because I'd read other librarian's blog posts.

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