Pretty Girl-13 by Liz Coley

Pretty Girl-13 by Liz Coley was not what I expected it to be when I sat down and began to read it. To be honest I was expecting to read a story about a girl who'd been abducted and her returning a few years later and having to learn to adjust to life, but what I got was so much more then that.
Pretty Girl-13 is about Angie Chapman a 16 year old girl returning home after being missing since she was 13. The only problem is Angie doesn't remember anything about her captivity she still thinks she is 13 years old as if the last 3 years never happened. As Angie looks deeper into herself she begins to piece together what happened the last 3 years and why she doesn't remember.

This story was at times hard to read not because it was badly done but because the things Angie had been through were hard to take in. When you finally see the puzzle pieces start to fall into place you can really see how heartbreaking everything Angie went through really was. Liz Coley does a fabulous

job of really getting inside the head of a 13 year old girl going through this. This story was a wonderful

read, but it was a but heartbreaking in the context of it. Overall I definitely enjoyed this story and seeing a girl who had every reason to give up find the courage to live and not give up was truly touching to read. The ending was a bit sudden and the way the author ended was great. Was Angie truly happy in the end? No not completely but she was getting there. I love stories that end with kind of an open ending it makes it better to me not to have everything wrapped in a nice pretty package. Liz Coley is definitely an author I will be keeping my eyes out for. LOVED IT!!!!