Overview: Alice is 15. When she was 10 she was taken from a school field trip by a man named Ray. Ray promised to take care of her and love her, but now she's getting older and he doesn't like that. Maybe if she can find him a new Alice she can finally be free of him and go home. She just has to find a new little girl to take her place.
Critical Analysis: This book is labeled as teen fiction. It does revolve around a teen, but the theme is incredibly brutal. Elizabeth Scott holds nothing back as she describes Alice's life with Ray, the pedophile who kidnapped her. The book is told in short chapters from Alice's point of view. At times it's graphic and the entire time it's disturbing. I would take extreme caution in reading it, though it is very well-written.
Book Recommendations With Similar Themes:
1. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson. Lia is a teenager with an eating disorder. For a long time she's competed with her friend, Cassie, to see who could be the thinnest. When Cassie dies because of complications of her eating disorder Lia is left to figure out how to conquer her own disorder or if she even wants to. Wintergirls is told with complete honesty and holds nothing back as it describes the effects that anorexia and bulimia can have on the person with the disorders and the people around them.
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