The Man in the Woods
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Last published Tue, Dec 2, 2014
Ashlyn was just an average girl. She skipped school with her friends and she was kidnapped! Now, the whole town is looking for her. It is up to two very talented 7th graders to find her, but will they be able to escape the man in the woods, alive?
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