In a novel written by Terri Blackstock a frightened girl is running away from something but only she knows what really happened. Casey Cox had been trying to figure out the mystery of her dead father when she gets caught in the middle of another murder mystery except this time she is wanted for the murder. Casey's neighborhood friend Brent was trying to help her solve her fathers death mystery when he went a little too far into the research and it didn't end up well for him. The impression of truth can be more important than the actual truth. Brent had figured out what had happened to Mr. Cox but before he had time to tell Casey somebody already knew that Brent was on to something and stopped him by murdering him before he …show more content…
Casey wasn't exactly sure what had happened at that point but she knew that it wasn't her fault. She was just concerned about the police pinning it on her because of how it looked."We aren't quitters, I told myself so many times after my fathers death thirteen years ago" (Blackstock 12). Casey feels that whatever did happen was because of her only because if he hadn't been trying to help her figure out what happened to her father, people wouldn't of gone after him. Even though Brent's murder wasn't caseys fault she still feels like she needs to run away from her town and everybody in it. Running away for all responsibilities is what Casey did, changing her name and her appearance. " I should of kept the ghost of my past to myself" (Blackstock 100). The past is very hard to forget for Casey. It can be a dangerous thing like breaking relationships and families. "I get out my bible and read books of 1 and 2 Samuel and remember that my condition is not unique" (Blackstock 200). During the beginning of the book she didn't know about God and didn't know about the Bible. She didn't really care to learn or read about it either but through all of her trials and everything she