The Girl Next Door

The Girl Next Door

1989 • 386 pages

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Average rating3.8

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Special Leisure movie tie-in edition. A teenage girl is held captive and brutally tortured by neighborhood children. Based on a true story, this shocking novel reveals the depravity of which we are all capable.


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God, this book is disturbing on a whole new level. I'm giving it 4 stars because it's well written and definitely draws you in, but before diving in I would recommend reading some trigger warnings.

September 5, 2019
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Jesus. Disturbing, haunting, and twisted.

October 29, 2015

Shocking tale of violence and abuse. It could (and is) happening right to the girl next door. That's what makes it shocking.

January 1, 2008

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