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Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann

January 10, 2013
By Ashly Lovings BRONZE, Hedgesville, West Virginia
Ashly Lovings BRONZE, Hedgesville, West Virginia
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Book Review Outline
Book title and author: Cryer’s Cross By: Lisa McMann
Title of review: Cryer’s Cross
Number of stars (1 to 5): 4

Introduction
In Cryer’s Cross, Montana a girl, Tiffany Quinn, goes missing. After a couple of months and no one has found her they finally stop looking for her. When school starts there is another person missing which is Nico. Nico’s friend Kendall is on a hunt to find Nico no matter what. Trying to find him might cause her to be the next person missing.

Description and summary of main points
Before school ended a girl named Tiffany Quinn goes missing, but no one seems to find her during the search that they had going on. When school starts back up Kendall always goes to school early to do her morning routines to get everything in line and perfect just how she likes it. Kendall has OCD so she notices everything that’s out of place. What she notices is that there is new graffiti on one of the desks but the writing looks like its old. Her friend Nico is sitting in this desk and after awhile he starts to drift away from her. Kendall gets suspicious of this and tries to confront Nico about his behavior, but he just ignores her and tries to act normal until they get home. Soon he disappears and no one knows where to. Being depressed about this Kendall decides to sit in his chair and think about him and why he might of disappeared. A week passes by and she notices new writing but looks old on the desk that says, “Please Save Me.” Not long after that she starts to hear Nico’s voice saying, “Please Save Me,” but no one is around when she hears his voice. Now the voices are telling her to do things and she has no control over it. This leads her into a situation that she can’t dig herself out of, literally. Can someone save her in time before she runs out of air? The story behind that desk that all three of them sat in is the only explanation to why everything is happening, and why she is hearing Nico’s voice telling her things that she has to do.

Evaluation
The book was a very good book to read. This is a book that people who do not like to read would enjoy to read. What happened in the past comes back and haunts the new school in Cryer’s cross. The mystery and suspense in this book was unsuspected. The little notes that they have in there is the only clues you get that give you information about the past.

Conclusion
This book was very enjoyable to read and once I started it I could not put it down. It was also a good mystery and suspense book that barely gave you any clues, but that’s what made it more interesting to me. The only clues where the little notes in between things and they didn’t make sense at first until the ending when the truth is revealed.

Your final review
I gave this book a four star rating because of the mystery and the different things going on at once. What got me into it was how it started out with someone already missing and then weeks later they go back to school and act like everything is normal.


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