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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Ten years ago Jesse Stone, chief of police of Paradise, Massachusetts, saw Wilson 'Crow' Cromartie racing away after executing a lucrative and deadly heist. Now Crow's mission is to find Amber Francisco and bring her back to her father, Louis, in Florida. Amber lives with her mother, Fiona, and is mixed up with a Latino gang. When Louis orders Crow to kill Fiona and head aback with Amber, he can't follow through. Meanwhile, Jesse's relationship with...
Author
Series
Kidnapped volume 1
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Aiden works with the FBI in order to rescue his sister Meg, who was kidnapped.
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Cahills vs. Vespers volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Cahills are being kidnapped by a shadowy group known only as the Vespers. Now Amy and Dan have just days to fulfill a bizarre ransom request or their captured friends will start dying. Amy and Dan don't know what the Vespers want or how to stop them. Only one thing is clear: the Vespers are playing to win, and if they get their hands on the Clues the world will be their next hostage"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 2
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When his best friend disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, thirteen-year-old Theo uses his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April.
8) Spy cat
Author
Series
Pete the cat (Peg Kehret) volume 2
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A series of burglaries in their quiet community upsets Alex's family, particularly his younger brother Benjie, but the bad guys are no match for the very protective family cat and Benjie's "spy" skills.
9) Artemis Fowl
Author
Series
Artemis Fowl series volume 2
Language
English
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Description
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
10) 13 curses
Author
Series
13 treasures trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When fairies steal her brother, thirteen-year-old Rowan Fox promises that in exchange for his return she will find the thirteen charms that the fairies have enchanted and hidden in the human world.
11) Caraval
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister Tella live with their powerful and cruel father. Now Scarlett's father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval, the far-away, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over. But this year, Scarlett's long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away...
12) The Sable Quean
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Series
Redwall volume 21
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Description
The courageous Redwall creatures band together as Vilaya, the evil Sable Quean, and her horde of vermin attempt to make off with the young animals of the Abbey.
15) Stolen
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Gemma, a British city-dweller, is abducted while on vacation with her parents and taken to the Australian outback, where she soon realizes that escape attempts are futile, and in time she learns that her captor is not as despicable as she first believed.
Author
Series
Capital mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
KC's mother and the clone of the President of the United States are kidnapped by disgruntled astronauts who want to take over the International Space Station.
17) A king's ransom
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Cahills vs. Vespers volume 2
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Description
After seven member of their family are kidnapped by a organization called the Vespers, Dan and Amy Cahill must race against time to track down an ancient map to pay as ransom to bring the hostages home.
Author
Series
The tapestry volume 1
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
After glimpsing a hint of his destiny in a mysterious tapestry, twelve-year-old Max McDaniels becomes a student at Rowan Academy, where he trains in "mystics and combat" in preparation for war with an ancient enemy that has been kidnapping children like him.
Author
Series
NERDS volume 5
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When Ms. Information kidnaps the President's daughter, it is up to twelve-year-old Ruby, also known as Pufferfish, to use her super-nanobyte-enhanced allergies in leading the NERDS' investigation.
20) Revealed
Author
Series
The missing volume 7
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After returning the missing children from history to their original time periods, thirteen-year-old Jonah must save time itself when aviator Charles Lindbergh mysteriously appears and kidnaps Jonah's sister.
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