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Seventeen Real Girls, Real-Life Stories: True Crime

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I have bought many copies of this book because it keeps disappearing from my classroom library. The crimes have been in the news and they involve teen girls. Once my students pick it up, they refuse to put it down until they have finished the book. Even my really low readers can read this book. It's the high interest level that captures their attention. Kids that swore to me they would NEVER read a book, will read this one very quickly. As for ages, I don't think I would let a student younger than high school read this. The crimes are awful and they are real. The stories would definitely be too disturbing for younger children.

I love true crime books and this book was awesome, and sad that so many lives were destroyed in diffrent ways.

I purchased this for my teen daughter who loves these kinds of stories, but hates to read. I think she read it in one day because she couldn't put it down. I love any book that gets my child to read. I read it myself and enjoyed it. Not much detail, but easy to read and right to the point. Would purchase more of the same.

Not worth the pages it was written on. Finished 1/2 hr or less. I don't know what I expected from "Seventeen."

alienface

This book contains true crime stories that were published in "Seventeen" magazine between 2003 and 2007. There are some stories where teens were the victims and some stories where teens were the perpetrators. Some of the stories include: two sisters who robbed a bank, a girl who was poisoned by her mother, a boy who committed suicide, a girl who killed her mother, two best friends who died of drugs, and a girl who has been missing since 2004. This book isn't just for teens. It has the same depth of most adult true crime books.