What Happened to Cass McBride? Written by Gale Giles

           One book that i have read this year is called What Happened to Cass McBride? This mystery book is written by Gale Giles and is told from three point of views. Either Cass, the main character who get buried alive, or Kyle the boy who buries Cass. This is book takes place in modern day in an empty field. Kyle's brother had asked Cass to be his valentine but she rejected. This made Josh, the brother extremely upset, sad enough that he committed suicide. It was a devastating day for everybody, but instead of crying in his bedroom, Kyle set out to kill Cass for doing this to his brother.  He hunted her down and buried her in a wooden box 10 feet underground. The rest of the book is all about Cass sitting in the box talking to Kyle, who is sitting above her.  She of course does not want to die so she is struggling for her last breaths as she talks to Kyle trying to influence him to dig her up. You will just have to read the book in order to find out if Cass makes it out alive, and whether or not Kyle makes the right decision and allow her to survive.

          In my opinion, this book was fantastic! It was a great mystery that had an extremely unpredicted ending. This book kept me at the edge of my seat trying to guess whether or not Cass was going to make it out alive, or if he would keep her locked up. I also liked the fact that each chapter was told from a different characters point of view. This made is clear and easy to understand their feelings and thoughts of the situation going on around them. And finally, Gale Giles was able to make me fear the thought of being buried alive even worse. As she described how thirsty Cass was and how thin the air kept getting i couldn't even imagine the pain she was in. Do you think you would be able to survive days in a small box with no room to move in underground for days? You will have to read the book to find out if Cass does or not!
                  Kristen V.
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