The Girl in the Leaves

By: Robert Scott, Larry Maynard, Sarah Maynard

Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu

In the fall of 2010, in the all-American town of Apple Valley, Ohio, four people disappeared without a trace: Stephanie Sprang; her friend, Tina Maynard; and Tina's two children, 13-year-old Sarah and 11-year-old Kody. Investigators began scouring the area, yet despite an extensive search, no signs of the missing people were discovered.

On the fourth day of the search, evidence trickled in about neighborhood "weirdo" Matthew Hoffman. A police SWAT team raided his home and found an extremely disturbing sight: every square inch of the place was filled with leaves and a terrified Sarah Maynard was bound up in the middle of it like some sort of perverted autumn tableau. But there was no trace of the others.

Then came Hoffman's confession to an unspeakable crime that went beyond murder and defied all reason. His tale of evil would make Sarah's survival and rescue all the more astonishing - a compelling tribute to a young girl's resilience and courage and to her fierce determination to reclaim her life in the wake of unimaginable wickedness.

©2012 Robert Scott (P)2016 Tantor

Courageous and up lifting

this book is written and recorded for the purpose of showing up the courage of the people that it was written about. Based on true facts and as enjoyable as it could be considering considering what happened.

Sad true story

For this to be a true story the crime was very laid out and detailed. I didn’t like how it kept repeating things towards the end. But over all I found it a very sad but interesting book to ready.

Terrific story of survival

Kudos to this young lady for doing what she needed to do to stay alive. Good story of an incredibly horrific event. Narration needed some improvement, but it was good just the same.

The girl

This is a story that made me cry for Sara and her family. How dare someone take so much from so many

sad but good

it's a really good book. towards the end it's hard to stay focuse but it's a really good sad book.