This book is told from perspective of, now senior, Torey Addams. In this book he goes back to tell the story, or more so recap, on his Junior year at his hometown Steepleton in southern New Jersey. During this year Christopher Creed went missing. Torey wouldn't call him his friend. Christopher was more like a peer. He's been in his life since the beginning. Yet they barely even spoke to each other. Christopher was more like the punching bag for many of Torey's friends and classmates. From the beginning details on the disappearance are iffy. Chris disappeared without a trace! Was it a suicide? No, maybe it was a murder. Or it could have just been an abtuction. He could have also just ran away. You'll just have to read to find out.
Main character Torey Addams is hard to describe with one word. He was one of the popular kids. Had a perfect life. He had a beautiful girlfriend, good grades, was on the football team, played in a band with his best friends and had no family problems. Things started to mess up around the disappearance of Chris. He started to question himself more. Things started turning upside down for him. He no longer knew who he was. Was he still good old Torey or was he now a weird outcast? On page 194 Torey states "My life wasn't perfect anymore. And especially since all this came down with Creed. I just feel different from everybody else all of a sudden. Like it's this giant secret and one day somebody's going to realize{it like}... 'Everybody take a long look at Torey Addams! He's weird! And we just never realized it!' And the truth will come out."
I loved this book. The whole time I was on the edge of my seat just waiting for the next big secret to be revealed. I loved how the author gave us so much detail into the lives of smaller characters to show us that maybe Steepleton wasn't as perfect as it is thought to be. I would definitely recommend this book to a friend.
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