Where He Can't Find You by Darcy Coates - HIGH

Where He Can't Find You by Darcy Coates, 416 pages. Sourcebooks Fire, 2023. $9 

Language: PG-13 (10 swears 0 'f'); Mature Content: G; Violence: R (bloody deaths)

BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL - HIGH 

16 yo Abby and her high school group of friends are on top of missing or dead persons in their small town of Doubtful. They stick together and help keep each other safe from the serial killer that lurks around their homes. The group has established rules based on a century of missing people and killings. The town residents have learned to always lock their doors and windows, to never be outside at night and to always have someone with them. When Abby’s sister Hope is pulled from her bedroom window one night, Abby and her friends must use everything they’ve learned to stay alive as they search for Hope and discover the terrifying truth. 

The book is definitely material worthy of a young adult horror movie. I liked the narrative of secondary characters. I grew to care about the two main characters and appreciated their loyalty.  The ethnicity falls to white. 

LynnDell Watson, Delta High School Librarian