What Happened to Those Girls — Content Guide for Parents
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- ViolenceCentral
- Scary contentCentral
- ReligionBriefJewish
- Sexual contentBrief
- Gender & orientationCentral
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- Race & culture
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- Gender roles
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- Profanity
- Profanity: One reader rates the cursing 0 out of 5, but no source describes the language in detail.
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PRESENTContains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.
About this book
Pretty Little Liars meets The Blair Witch Project in this harrowing thriller from the author of Murder Land, brimming with betrayal, unsettling town secrets, and a killer lurking in the woods.
Emma knows her friends all lie to her. And everyone knows Emma is the outcast of their group. She's usually fine with that, until her friends go on a camping trip that she planned...without her. The next morning, she wakes up to the news that all three of them died at the campsite.
When Emma starts receiving unnerving videos of the girls the night they died from an anonymous source, it becomes clear their deaths weren't an accident. And if this becomes a murder case, Emma will be suspect number one. Because while everyone knows she had been excluded from the plans, what they don't know is that she went to the campsite that night after all, and someone has proof.
Emma teams up with Beck, one of the victims' sisters, to return to the woods and figure out what really happened the night her friends died, uncover who is behind the mysterious videos she is receiving, and make sure that nobody can pin their murders on her. But stranded in an eerie town that doesn't welcome outsiders with a murderer on their heels, Emma and Beck just might be next...
Frequently asked questions
Is What Happened to Those Girls appropriate for a 7-year-old?
Three girls are murdered at a campsite, and Emma and Beck are hunted by a killer while trying to find out what happened. The book is a horror-tinged thriller with a killer in the woods, body horror, missing body parts, bloody scenes and a witch legend.
Does What Happened to Those Girls have violence?
Found (Central): Three girls are murdered at a campsite, and Emma and Beck are hunted by a killer while trying to find out what happened.
Does What Happened to Those Girls have scary content?
Found (Central): The book is a horror-tinged thriller with a killer in the woods, body horror, missing body parts, bloody scenes and a witch legend.
Does What Happened to Those Girls have religion?
Found (Brief, Jewish): Emma is described as Jewish, and a local witch legend says a teacher sacrificed her students to the Devil, though no worship or prayer scenes are described.
Does What Happened to Those Girls have race & culture?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does What Happened to Those Girls have profanity?
Couldn't confirm: One reader rates the cursing 0 out of 5, but no source describes the language in detail.
Does What Happened to Those Girls have climate?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does What Happened to Those Girls have sexual content?
Found (Brief): One reader notes allusions to sexual assault; the sources describe no sexual scenes beyond kissing.
Does What Happened to Those Girls have gender roles?
Not found in the sources we checked.
Does What Happened to Those Girls have gender & orientation?
Found (Central): Emma, the main character, is bisexual, and a romance with Beck, a victim's sister, runs through the story.
