bodyofchriscreed

The Body of Christopher Creed, by Carol Plum-Ucci ISBN: 0-15-202388-7 c2000 248 pages R.L. 5.3 Points-11

Good sections to read aloud: -the note Chris left....pages 27-28, and then one of the last paragraphs on page 29 where they are wondering if he is dead or alive, and if he is dead...where’s the body?

Summary: Christopher Creed grew up in a town that didn’t accept people for who they were. He was the class “freak,” the one the bullies always picked on. So, one day, Chris just vanishes, but before he disappears, he sends his high school principal an e-mail, something that ends up in the hands of many others. What drives the town nuts is that Chris is just gone....they don’t know if he ran away, if he committed suicide, if there was an abduction, or even a murder. Where is Chris? Two students that hardly knew Chris decide to try and figure that question out, but come up with a lot of dead ends. Is this a mystery that is meant to be solved?

YA Fiction--Iowa Teen Award; missing persons; peer pressure; emotional problems; high schools

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