The body of christopher creed is a young adult novel by carol plum ucci it tells the story of a high school student whose life becomes unraveled when he tries to solve the mystery of a classmates sudden disappearance the novel won the michael l printz honor book award. The body of christopher creed is about a high school student who has recently disappeared and some people believe he committed suicide the story is told from another students point of view named torey and we learn that creed used to be bullied by everyone in school. The body of christopher creed is one of those novels that hooks you from the beginning and then reels you in steadily as the tension ratchets ever tighter this is a cleverly plotted wonderfully written mystery that is sure to keep you guessing until the end. When the rock tips it exposes the opening to a cave and torey pulls himself into the cave despite his broken leg he sees a dead body and gun and believes hes found christopher the body disintegrates to a skeleton before his eyes as if it were burning without flames torey is taken to a hospital and later to a mental health facility. American author carol plum uccis young adult novel the body of christopher creed 2000 centers around torey adams a boy who has recently moved to a new town and becomes entangled in the disappearance of the titular boy who has vanished without a trace save for a mysterious e mail as torey digs deeper into christophers disappearance he soon discovers that the missing misfit was hiding pain and secrets