Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott

"Once upon a time, I was a little girl who disappeared.
Once upon a time, my name was not Alice.
Once upon a time, I didn't know how lucky I was."
-excerpt from book cover.

Living Dead Girl, though a mere 170 pages in length, is by no means a light read. This novel tells the story of "Alice", a fifteen year old girl kidnapped by a pedophile five years previously. Every day for the last five years she has had to endure unimaginable abuse at the hands of her captor, Ray. Every day she wishes for death - for freedom. Although a work of fiction, this book echoes stories we hear about every so often in the news headlines, and is all too real.

I read this book in less than a day, and although I do recommend it, I want to put a small disclaimer that it does get pretty intense and is at times a bit graphic. All things considered, I feel it is a book that tells a cautionary tale that needs to be read.

-Sam.