Alexis Wilson's The Body In The Woods

Alexis is shown as a shy or timid person. She doesn’t like anyone knowing about her personal life and can never seem to get any friends. But if we look at some of the clues the book gave us about her we can reveal what the author has not told us. What is the Author not telling us about Alexis? In The Body in the Woods, Alexis has Brandon drop her off 3 blocks away from her house. It seems Alexis doesn’t want Brandon to see where she lives. It hints that it is because of her mom, but I think it is not only because of her mom. I think that she doesn’t know if she can keep a friend so she doesn’t think it is worth her time to reveal anything about herself. It also could be because she just met him and who would bring a stranger to their house. Alexis Is responsible, respectful ,and kind but she cracks under pressure. She has no idea what to do in any situation and she panics. You think that she would be used to something that happens because of her mom but she is not use to it. She does nothing to calm herself down. I wonder, how does she take care of her mom and herself if she cracks under pressure. She has all this weight put on her shoulders at the age of 16. In The Body in the Woods, Alexis keeps telling Bran that she is ok and has just a few nightmares after seeing the body in the woods. From …show more content…
There’s no reason to be afraid.’ Alexis’s stomach dropped” (Henry, 2014, p.105). Alexis mom is going crazy at this point in the story and I wonder if she is going to hurt Alexis. Or what is going to happen? Well Alexis’s mom ended up running out of the house and saying Alexis was one of the watchers. I started thinking, how is Alexis going to take care of herself when she lives on food stamps that her mother gets? Well I know Alexis is responsible and acts older than she already is and takes care of her mom. I couldn’t even imagine what she is going