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Summary
Alexis, Nick, and Ruby have very different backgrounds: Alexis has spent her life covering for her mom's mental illness, Nick's bravado hides his fear of not being good enough, and Ruby just wants to pursue her eccentric interests in a world that doesn't understand her. When the three teens join Portland County Sheriff's Search and Rescue, they are teamed up to search for a autistic man lost in the woods. What they find instead is a dead body. In a friendship that will be forged in danger, fear and courage, the three team up to find the girl's killer--before he can strike one of their own.
This first book in April Henry's Point Last Seen YA mystery series, The Body in the Woods is full of riveting suspense, putting readers right in the middle of harrowing rescues and crime scene investigations.
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Author Notes
April Henry is the New York Times -bestselling author of many acclaimed mysteries for adults and young adults, including the YA novels Girl, Stolen ; The Night She Disappeared ; and The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die ; and the thriller Face of Betrayal , coauthored with Lis Wiehl. April lives in Oregon.
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 8 Up-On their first mission for the Portland County Search and Rescue team, Alexis, Nick, and Ruby don't find the missing man with autism they were looking for; instead they find the dead body of a young girl. Now these three teens from very different backgrounds must work together to find the killer. Complicating the issue is Alexis's mentally ill mother, who disappears after a paranoid episode, Nick's crushing feelings of inadequacy, and Ruby's struggles to find a place she belongs. Will they be able to find common ground with one another before the killer strikes again, maybe even at one of their own? Henry realistically portrays these three kids thrust into a real-life horror. Their doubts and fears, as well as their strengths, all ring true and teens will be able to identify with one of the protagonists. The adult characters, especially Alexis's mother, are also fully developed, albeit a bit slow on the uptake in the case of Ruby's parents. The actual mystery is not that intriguing, but a pervading sense of threat and danger is present throughout. Give this series opener to fans of character-driven mysteries.-Erik Knapp, Davis Library, Plano, TX (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Three Oregon high school students help the local police by volunteering with Portland Search and Rescue in this fast-paced kickoff to Henry's Point Last Seen series. Alexis is sweet and suffering (her mentally ill mother requires lots of care). Ruby is smart, socially awkward, and obsessed with true crime. Nick has a hero complex; he wants to impress girls with his police work. While searching for an autistic man in the woods, they find the body of girl their age. Ruby is sure it's the work of a serial killer, and she enlists Alexis and Nick to help find the culprit. Henry (The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die) is well within her wheelhouse with this tense mystery, which can read a bit like a throwback to "teen detective" novels from decades past. The author's expertise at plotting a murder mystery and knowledge of police procedure are evident as the novel moves through all the expected moments of a TV crime drama, building to a violent confrontation. Ages 12-up. Agent: Wendy Schmalz, Wendy Schmalz Agency. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
Alex, Nick, and Ruby, teens from widely different walks of life, are the newest additions to Portland County's Search and Rescue volunteers. They set out to find an autistic man who has been lost in the woods, but instead they find a murdered girl. A fresh, vivid setting and believably flawed characters are highlights of this accessible mystery, the first in a planned series. (c) Copyright 2014. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
In a fast-moving and well-constructed mystery, three teen volunteer members of a search-and-rescue team track a serial killer targeting homeless teen girls in Portland, Oregon.An experienced SAR member is supposed to accompany every search party, but an error lands new volunteers Ruby, Nick and Alexis alone together on their first call. Other team members quickly locate the man who is the target of their search, but the three teens find something else: the body of a recently dead girl. Each teen comes from a unique and compellingly drawn background, expressed with impressive effectiveness given how quickly the plot moves. Nick, whose father died in the Iraq War, has joined SAR in hopes of both living up to his father's legacy and impressing girls. Timid but capable Alexis pushes others away to stop them from discovering that she spends most of her time and energy managing her mother's mental illness. Ruby in particular stands out. Her socially unacceptable but genuinely felt exuberance at participating in a murder investigation is frowned upon by parents and police but lovingly conveyed through enthusiastic dialogue and narrative asides. Short, obsessive chapters from the unidentified killer's point of view add to the suspense, and enough clues are dropped as to the killer's identity that astute readers will be able to solve the puzzle before the final, high-stakes climax.A quick, thrilling read that doesn't skimp on characterization. (Mystery. 12-18) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
The first in Henry's Point Last Seen series follows three teen volunteers with Portland Search and Rescue after they discover the body of a homeless girl while looking for an autistic man lost in the woods. The girl was strangled, and true crime enthusiast Ruby believes she isn't the first; another homeless girl was found strangled a month earlier. When Detective Harriman rebuffs her eager theories, Ruby rallies Alexis and Nick to investigate. Blustering Nick wants to be as brave as his father, who died in combat. Empathetic Alexis, meanwhile, is haunted by the vulnerability of the homeless, especially since she is barely making ends meet with her mentally ill mother. And socially inept Ruby is so obsessed that she ignores the danger of catching the killer's eye. Henry uses rotating viewpoints, including the killer's, to develop both character and mystery. The fast-paced plot, mirroring familiar TV crime procedurals, makes this a good choice for reluctant readers, especially as it's possible to follow the clues and identify the killer before the final showdown. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: With books like Girl, Stolen (2010), Henry has become a leading light in YA mystery. Readers whipping through her other books will move smoothly on to this one.--Hutley, Krista Copyright 2010 Booklist