She's Gone

(Paperback)

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Age range 14 to 18

Did Hunter Gifford kill his girlfriend Everyone in town thinks he did. With his best friend making a docuseries condemning him and the police closing in, Hunter will have to uncover the mystery himself before he ends up behind bars.

While still recovering from the death of his mother, Hunter Gifford and his girlfriend, Chloe Summers, get into a single-car accident on a remote country road after leaving Homecoming. Hunter wakes in the hospital but has no memory of how he got there or the accident. He's horrified to learn that Chloe has disappeared from the scene of the crash, leaving behind her purse, shoes, and phone.

When Hunter returns to school, his friends aren't sure how to treat him. And at a candlelight vigil, Chloe's mother stands in front of the entire town and accuses him of killing Chloe. To make matters worse, Hunter's former best friend, Daniel, is an aspiring filmmaker who sees Chloe's disappearance as a golden opportunity to make a true-crime documentary about the case one that points the finger directly at Hunter.

In order to clear his name and, more importantly, try to figure out what happened to Chloe, Hunter takes matters into his own hands. But the deeper Hunter's search goes, the more treacherous it becomes, putting his freedom, his family, and even his life, in danger.

Reviews

"This story is a page-turning thriller that will be sure to keep high school students reading... This would be a great addition to high school libraries and would appeal to students looking to entertain themselves with a suspenseful thriller." -- School Library Connection

"Friends, families, and investigators collide in this pacy, small-town thriller about a missing girl and the boyfriend who may have killed her. As the clues unfold, readers will be dying for answers until the final, shocking twist. A propulsive read!" -- Jennifer Lynn Alvarez, author of Lies Like Wildfire and Friends Like These

"Short, propulsive chapters keep the pages of this well-paced mystery turning... [an] absorbing thriller" -- Publisher's Weekly

"This gripping page-turner will keep readers guessing until the final twist" -- Kirkus Reviews

"This is a worthwhile read for students in need of their next plot-twist fix" -- School Library Journal

Author Bio

DAVID BELL is a USA Today bestselling, award-winning author whose work has been translated into multiple foreign languages. He's currently a professor of English at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he directs the MFA program. His books have sold over 500,000 copies. She's Gone is his YA debut.