The Body of Christopher Creed

Let's try this your way. This is a book about a boy who goes missing after writing an ambiguous e-mail that could be either a suicide letter or a runaway note. There are many topics of note, including bullying, overbearing parenting, personality disorders, class wars (small-scale), hacking (of compute......more

If you are looking for a pageturner, I recommend this book. I read it in a day and it really held my interest. The narrator, Torey Arrington (he's a boy, by the way) is a popular kid in his high school who is disturbed when one of their classmates turns up missing. There is some debate whether Chris......more

Wow! I really, really enjoyed this book! It was so mysterious and interesting. The characters was fascinating and I loved watched Torey's development. I really loved how Bo was a person different from his reputation. That scene in the lunchroom, before the police came, when Torey and Ali were sittin......more

3.5/5 stars The problem with picking up awarding winning/Printz honored books is that you have high expectations. That's why you read them--you expect greatness. In the case of The Body of Christopher Creed what I got was a good but not a great book. It's hard for me to place my finger on what hel......more

I read the book The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci. The book is set in a small town called Steepleton where a boy, Christopher Creed, goes missing. No one knows whether or not he is alive. Creed was often picked on and terrorized by his peers in addition to having to deal with his str......more