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Hostage

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Author: Roberts, Willo Davis
ISBN:978-1-4814-5789-7
Publication Date:Aug 2016
Publisher:Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Imprint:Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $17.99
Book Description:

A young girl and her neighbor are kidnapped during a burglary gone awry in this hair-raising and fast-paced thriller from three-time Edgar Award-winning author Willo Davis Roberts. Sixth-grader Kaci Drummond longs for excitement and to be noticed just as her sister Jodie is for dancing, or her brother Jeff is for playing the piano. Shortly after her family moves to a new house, Kaci returns home in the middle of the school day and stumbles upon a burglary. The...
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Book Details
Pages:176
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Law & Crime
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.25 x 0.7 Inches
Book Weight:0.61 Pounds
Author Biography
Roberts, Willo Davis (Author)
Author Willo Davis Roberts was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 29, 1928. Her first novel, Murder at Grand Bay, was published in 1955. The View from the Cherry Tree was originally meant to be an adult novel, but was then sold as a children's book; it was published in 1975 and started her career as a children's mystery writer. Roberts wrote a total of ninety-nine children and adult books during her lifetime and won numerous awards including the Mark Twain award for The Girl with the Silver Eyes (1980) and Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job (1985) and the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Megan's Island (1988), The Absolutely True Story of My Visit to Yellowstone with the Terrible Rupes (1994), and Twisted Summer (1996). She died on November 19, 2004 from congestive heart failure.

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