# The Man in the Woods

**Author:** Rosemary Wells
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**Age range:** 14–17
**First published:** 1984
**Page count:** 224
**Genre:** Mystery
**ISBN-13:** `9780613300179`
**ISBN-10:** `0613300173`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-man-in-the-woods
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

When a high school freshman witnesses a man's crime, and follows him into the woods to investigate the case, she finds herself in the middle of an intricate web of town secrets...and a lot of danger.

## Themes

- mystery and detective stories
- detective and mystery stories

## Where this book is assigned

### Virginia Readers' Choice

- **recommended** · 9th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 1986-1987 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 1986-1987 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 11th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 1986-1987 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 12th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 1986-1987 winner (High)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)

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