It was in 8th
grade English class that I first found this book “The Girl in the Box.”
My teacher, Mrs. Pickle, always had paperback books we could check out in
addition to the regular school library collection. This story was a powerful
tale and caught me completely off guard. I will never forget it.
You
won’t want to put this book down!
“Left in an underground cement room by an
unknown captor, Jackie has food and water but no light or human contact. She
does not know when--or if--her abductor will return.
As her desperation mounts, Jackie touch-types
to focus her mind: letters to her family, a story for her English class, and
reflections on her life in the past few months.
In her isolation and fear, Jackie is forced to
test her emotional boundaries, and in doing so she finds new meaning in her
past as well as rich reserves of strength and courage within herself.”
