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The Girl Who Was Supposed To Die

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

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The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die is a thriller/suspense novel by New York Times-bestselling author April Henry. Published in 2013, the novel involves a 16-year-old protagonist who wakes up in a cabin in the woods. She has no recollection of who she is or how she’s ended up in the cabin. There are obvious signs that she’s been tortured, and she overhears that she is going to be killed. With this beginning, The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die takes the reader on a hair-raising, page-turning journey to uncover the protagonist’s past as she tries to stay one step ahead of the people pursuing her. April Henry is the author of many other acclaimed novels, both for adults and young adults, including Girl, Stolen (2010), The Night She Disappeared (2012), and The Girl I Used to Be (2016).

The narrative begins with an unnamed teen protagonist—Cadence “Cady” Scott—regaining consciousness in a cabin. She’s tied up, sore, and confused. She has no recollection of how she ended up in the cabin. What’s worse, however, is that she doesn’t remember who she is.

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