Imagine waking up somewhere you don’t know with two people who you also don’t know discussing whether or not they should kill you. But even if you don’t,.... still choose it anyway and I think you will end up loving it. The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die Summary & Study Guide includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis, quotes, character descriptions, themes, and more. He helps and stays by Katie the whole time (even though it's dangerous). Katie eventually escapes but she has know idea where she is going. I could have read it in one sitting, but life got in the way...I liked the shorter chapters (which allows for easier reading, in my opinion! She discovers that she is missing fingernails and she has taken quite a beating. At this point Katie takes on the name "Cady" for Cadence, and she is known from this point forward as Cady. It is about a girl who has lost her memory due to a tragic thing in her life. However, I'm giving it two stars here on GR, because overall I feel like it was an okay book, not an especially good one. However, Cady does not recall how she found herself in this predicament. The story line and the plot is so interesting! She is young, only 16 years old, and knows how to do karate and defend herself against grown men. I could not put this book down for about 2/3 of the way through; I read half of it in one sitting. I'm trying to be more tough with my high ratings. Katie, believing that she is far enough away, risks stopping at a McDonald’s. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. This book is action packed and I would most definitely recommend this book to others. After waking up in a cabin with no memory of how she got there, Cady starts to panic. In her riveting style, April Henry crafts a nail-biting thriller involving murder, identity theft, and biological warfare. I just finished with a public library copy, and it was a pretty exciting plot, but I fear that the end was way too complicated for her with her limited English. You can read it in one sitting. We’d love your help. Yes, it is a book I definitely recommend. Really enjoyed this one - very quick, very suspenseful read. Like.........??????????? It leaves you in suspense about the full truth right up until the end, when it all comes together piece by piece. In this books case, I find myself remembering the plot and wanting to listen to it again. She always had a plan or idea in her head through out the whole book. A solid 3.5 star rating for me. I might check out more. I love everything from the begging to the end. [the last minute romance was wildly unnecessary. However, Cady does not recall how she found herself in this predicament. The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die checks all the [read my] boxes: +Intelli I wasn't expecting much and was, therefore, pleasantly surprised. This book is action packed and I would most definitely recommend this book to others. In this books case, I find myself remembering the plot and wanting to listen to it again. It is a short book though so maybe that was not a huge win I was so excited to find a book that might be a top read for me this year. She quickly realizes that she’s been tortured but has no memory of who or where she is. My review for this book is one word. Immediately, I was doling her books out to students to see if they liked her style. [when she finds out who she is, you get this whole plot where her parents are virologists who discover a virulent strain of hantavirus and their company wants to turn it into a biological weapon so now they're on the run with their research and she got captured by the bad guys so they could torture her for her parents' whereabouts????? A complete page turner. Her goals throughout the novel include remembering who she is, escaping the constant dangers from... Get The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die from Amazon.com. She has a lot of different personas throughout the story, described by other characters, yet none of them are true. The book didn't have romance in it (like who has the time to fall in love with someone while being hunted down by men). We're teenagers.”, http://us.macmillan.com/thegirlwhowassupposedtodie/AprilHenry, Oregon Spirit Book Award Nominee for Young Adult (2013), Missouri Truman Readers Award Nominee (2016). Elizabeth, Ty, and Cady go to Cady’s old house to try and find more clues. Get The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die from Amazon.com. Follow Cady and Ty (her accidental savior turned companion), as they race against the clock to stay alive, in The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die. I wasn’t too sure going into it how I would fare with it because it was such a short novel and the first I have read from Henry, but I’m happy I gave this one a try.