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I am reading this book called The Man in The Woods for Honors English. The author is Rosemary Wells and was published in 1984.
In the first 50 pages this girl named Helen is starting her first year of high school. Helen went to a small private school and now she is going a very large public school. On her first day Helen locked all of her books in her locker before trying to open her locker. She had a terrible day until she got to her history class and her teacher found a drawing she did. He said that it was really good and should go down to the Whaler, which is the school newspaper. Helen went down the paper but the editor Jerry said that it wasn't that good but she could prove herself with a drawing for an ad. Helen said she would so she went to the paste-up room to learn how to do paste-ups. This is where she meets Pinky, he opens her locker for her and rides the same bus. On their way home Pinky ad Helen are walking together when a car crashes in front of they. they help the women and her child but they think the gas tank is going to catch fire. Pinky and Helen take the woman and child to a house near by but no one is home then Helen sees a man in the woods and she goes after him. She doesn't catch him but she thinks he is the person who has been throwing rocks at cars.