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What the Woods Took / Courtney Gould / Book Review

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WHAT THE WOODS TOOK When Devin Green wakes up to find two strange men in her bedroom, her first instinct is to fight. But nobody is coming to her rescue. Her foster parents just stand by as these men drag her from the house and toss her into the back of their van. That's what they've been paid to do. Released from the van deep in the Idaho woods, Devin finds herself the unwilling participant in a "wilderness therapy" camp meant to rescue her from her "self-destructive" ways. Along with a group of troubled teens and two counselors, Devin sets off on a hike through the woods that will take just under two months to complete. By the time Devin reaches the end, she'll be a legal adult, and she'll be able to put it all behind her. She's here to survive, nothing more. But these hikers aren't alone in the woods. And it isn't just bears and coyotes they have to look out for. When the campers wake to fin...