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Summary Of The Dead Man Indian Creek By Mary Downing Hahn

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The Dead Man In Indian Creek, by Mary Downing Hahn, is a novel about two teenage boys who go on a camping trip and later find a dead man in the bay of the river. This novel is 130 pages long and was published on November 16, 2009. This book is based on murder mystery and trust. This novel will make you think twice about trusting the people you know. One of the two boys, Parker, is dealing with his mom seeing new people. Parker has reason to suspect that the man his mom is seeing is a murderer, and Parker wants to get to the bottom of it. The plot of this book is to find out who the murderer is and put them in jail. I rate this book an 8/10. This novel has many themes; the main three are murder mystery, fear, and courage. This novel shows these themes when the two boys have to deal with finding a dead body in the bay of a creek and then dealing with the trauma from the sight and finding out who the killer is. This story is based in a small town called Woodcraft. The story is told from the point of view of one of the boys, Matthew. With Matthew, there's Parker, who is Matt's best friend. Then there's Pam, who is Parker's mom, and there's George Evans, who is Pam's new boyfriend and the same person the boys think killed the dead man in the creek. This story starts with two boys who plan to camp. By this point, Parker knows that Pam and Evans are together, …show more content…

Another reason I enjoyed this book is its suspense; there were a lot of moments where you wouldn't know what would happen and a lot of very eerie moments. I love this genre of book, so this is a book I recommend and personally read again. I also liked the connection between the characters and how relatable the situations were. I wish the story were more detailed and more of a back story and reasoning for the killing. I think this is an easy and fast book to read, and I would recommend it if you're into murder

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