Return to Bone Tree Hill - Reviews
CM Magazine
... a riveting mystery that will have teens piecing together the evidence along with Jessica ... the descriptive language pulls the reader right into the book ... It also adds to the tension and overall eeriness of the story and builds suspense. ... a gripping page-turner. Highly recommended. (Rachel Steen)
Saskatchewan Publishers Group Book Picks
Kristin Butcher unravels the mystery with a writing style that brings out the nightmare atmosphere and draws the reader into the action. (Marie Powell Mendenhall)
Prairie books NOW
Award-winning writer Kristin Butcher has built her latest young adult novel, Return to Bone Tree Hill, from a cast of very convincing characters, a suspense-filled plot, and a recurring dream. (Shirley Byers)
What If Magazine
... hooked me from the beginning of its prologue ... The author's dark, suspenseful style kept me turning the pages. The description is very vivid, and the sophisticated writing makes the novel stand out against all the others with similar plot lines. (Lin Wang)
Resource Links Magazine
Readers will be impressed with Butcher's descriptive introduction. Her writing gives one's mind's eye a lot to imagine and grasps readers with her ability to establish the setting and life at Bone Tree Hill with mysterious knack ... too bad Bone Tree Hill has to be a fictitious place filled with its large oak tree and rows of creepy cornfields. Butcher's descriptive tale of such a place makes it hard to believe that it doesn't actually exist! (Angela Killeen)
Canadian Teacher Magazine
The mystery itself makes an exciting read, but the story is enriched by Kristin Butcher's lively style and her convincing understanding of adolescents, their loyalties, vulnerabilities, and friendships.
Children's Book News
The clever plot structure weaves together dream fragments, memory and current day reality. Return to Bone Tree Hill is a suspenseful novel which compels the reader to keep turning the page. This is an engrossing read well suited for ages twelve and up. (Nicola Dufficy)
Jane on Books
Return to Bone Tree Hill is an excellent example of a fine author's ability to create suspense.
Kirkus Reviews
... an enjoyable and neatly tied-up mystery.
SWON Libraries -- Royal Review
The story builds in suspense as bits and pieces of the mystery are solved, and danger arises when Jessica's memory of the fateful night slowly emerges ... an overall well-written book. (Christi A. Barten)