Liz Coley

Sixteen-year-old Angie finds herself in her neighborhood with no recollection of her abduction or the three years that have passed since, until alternate personalities start telling her their stories through letters and recordings.

Pretty Girl-13

Melissa Palmer

Book #29 Read in 2013
Pretty Girl-13 by Liz Coley (YA)

Angie is 13 years old and on a Girl Scouts camping trip when she is abducted. Three years later, she walks into her home, stunning her parents. To Angie, no time has passed since the camping trip. She soon learns that she has been gone for three years. How can she not remember what happened for such a long period of time? Through the help of a therapist, Angie realizes that she has DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) and this was the defense mechanism her body and mind created to help her survive her ordeal. Angie must learn how to put herself back together again, literally.

This book was a gripping read. I read it in a day. I could not put it down. Angie is such a survivor but yet vulnerable. I found the DID part fascinating to read about and had to see how this all ended. I highly recommend this book.

I received this book from the Amazon Vine program in exchange for a review.

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Emelie

This book destroyed me.. Literally DESTROYED ME! The psychological aspekt was great but awful and the story as a whole was amazing but heartbreaking! Keeps you thinking about Angie's story and you cant feel anything other than sadness and so so sorry for her! EVERYONE should read this book!

Jess Houston

Beautiful. Sad. Haunting. This is a book that will stay with me, my entire life.

Reminiscent of the Elizabeth Smart case, Pretty Girl-13 is a disturbing and powerful psychological thriller about a girl who must piece together the mystery of her kidnapping and abuse. Perfect for fans of books like Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why, Elizabeth Scott's Living Dead Girl, and Caroline B. Cooney's The Face on the Milk Carton series, Pretty Girl-13 is a haunting yet ultimately uplifting story about the healing power of courage, hope, and love. Angie Chapman was thirteen years old when she ventured into the woods on a Girl Scout camping trip. Now she's returned home . . . only to find that it's three years later and she's sixteen—or at least that's what everyone tells her. What happened to the last three years of her life? With a tremendous amount of courage, Angie embarks on a journey to discover the fragments of her lost time. She eventually discovers a terrifying secret and must decide: what do you do when you remember things you wish you could forget?

Pretty Girl-13

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