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Book Review of Little Lost Angel

Little Lost Angel
Little Lost Angel
Author: Michael Quinlan
Genre: Nonfiction
Book Type: Paperback
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AUTHOR Quinlan, Michael
TITLE Little Lost Angel
DATE READ 01/28/21
RATING 4.5/B+
FIRST SENTENCE Shanda Sharer's normally neat bedroom was in disarray.
GENRE/ PUB DATE/FORMAT/LENGTH True Crime/1995/pb/306 pages
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
CHALLENGE Good Reads 2020 Reading Goal 14/120
GROUP READ Reading Cove
TIME/PLACE 1992/Indiana
CHARACTERS Shanda Sharer -- 12 year old girl
COMMENTS It is rare that I read True Crime but this was chosen for a book club read. It was deeply disturbing, graphic and so tragic. The psychological motivation of these teenaged girls, was fascinating and confounding -- I think the best answer was would any of them have committed such an horrendous crime alone -- NO. But the synergy between the main personalities of Melissa and Laurie created an evil force that went beyond any limits they could imagine solo.