Coming in September 2008
Once upon a time, I didn't know how lucky I was.
When Alice was ten, Ray took her away from her family, her friends--her life. She learned to give up all power, to endure all pain. She waited for the nightmare to be over.
Now Alice is fifteen and Ray still has her, but speaks more and more of her death. He does not know it is what she wants.
She does not know he has something more terrifying than death in mind for her.
This is Alice's story. It is one you have never heard, and one you will never, ever forget.
What Others Say:
"I was knocked over by Living Dead Girl. Most authors want to hear, "I couldn't put it down," from their fans. Living Dead Girl is a book you have to put down; then you have to pick it right back up. The beauty of this story is that though none of its readers will have had this experience, all will feel connected to it. It is told in the rarest of air, yet speaks horrifically to all our imaginations." -- Chris Crutcher, award-winning author of Deadline and Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
"Some books are read and put away. Others demand to be talked about. Elizabeth Scott's Living Dead Girl will be talked about. Stark. Gripping. Totally unforgettable." -- Ellen Hopkins, New York Times Bestselling author of Impulse and Burned
"A haunting story of an abducted girl you'll be desperate and helpless to save; her captor so disturbing, so menacing, you'll want to claw the pages from this book and shred them. Brava to Elizabeth Scott for creating such an intense, real, and perfectly painful story of terror. Living Dead Girl is impossible to ignore." -- Lisa McMann, New York Times Bestselling author of Wake
"Scott, best known for such chick-lit pleasers as Bloom (2007), breaks the mold with this harrowing tale of abuse leavened only by lyric writing a la Adam Rapp (33 Snowfish, 2003, etc.). When Alice was ten, Ray kidnapped her; five years later, Alice wishes only to escape by dying, as the last Alice did. But her freedom comes at a price--a new girl for Ray. Bit by bit, Alice reveals the depths of psychological and physical terror that hold her captive. Her voice is convincingly naive yet prematurely aged; vivid but never graphic, details of the sexual abuse perfectly capture the way in which she has normalized her situation while still recognizing the truth. Ray is a complex abuser, perhaps a bit too psychotic but terrifying nevertheless; he himself was abused, and the logic of how his own past has shaped his present and his treatment of Alice never falters. Choosing Ray's next victim does not provide a re-entry into empathy, a bold but believable choice. Scott provides neither easy answers nor a happy resolution, although the ending provides a grim sense of release." -- Kirkus
"If I had just a handful of words to describe Living Dead Girl, they'd be: powerful, haunting, and unputdownable. Scott's writing is incredible. If I were in charge of handing out awards, one would be heading her way. Her book is amazingly haunting. It just resonates with feeling, emotion. The mood might be dark. The ending bittersweet, but oh-what-a-book." -- Becky's Book Reviews
Extras:
Read an Excerpt (please note: this book is listed as being for ages 16 and up)
Read an interview about Living Dead Girl at ALAN Online (note: the interview does contain *major* spoilers for the book)
ISBN:1416960597
