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The Girl Next Door

by Jack Ketchum

A neighborhood’s hidden cruelty

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A neighborhood’s hidden cruelty

Jack Ketchum’s horror novel centers on a teenage girl held captive and tortured by children in her neighborhood. The premise brings violence into an ordinary community and examines the capacity for cruelty suggested by the publisher’s description. Its basis in a true story is part of how the book is presented, while the graphic content is an important consideration for anyone weighing its subject matter.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults who read horror fiction
  • Readers interested in horror focused on captivity and violence among neighborhood children
  • Readers prepared for graphic content

Themes

CaptivityCrueltyViolence within a communityHuman capacity for harm

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Book overview

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.

This novel contains graphic content and is recommended for regular readers of horror novels.

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