Stolen Children

I read the book Stolen Children by Peg Kehret, she has also written the books Abduction, Earthquake Terror and Escaping: The Giant Wave.  Peg likes to write books that are very suspenseful; she is good at being able to create an image in your head. I personally love her books. Her books are also books that many different ages can read.

               

Amy is 14 years old and knows a lot about babysitting. She is babysitting a three year old named Kendra. The child always has to have her teddy bear named Tubby. Amy was forced to babysit Kendra because her nanny was on vacation. Two thugs named Hugh and Smokey kidnapped the girls while they were at the house and they had a gun. They first took Kendra then Amy. They took them to a remote cabin somewhere where nobody would find them.  Amy wrote a book earlier that year and her best friend who lived across the street proof read it. In the book the character always stretched her ear before giving a hint. When Amy got kidnapped she started to scratch her ears so it looks like she is allergic to the trees around them, but really she just was giving hints to her friend for the daily videos that they sent to the parents so they would eventually pay the ransom her friend would also come over to the house and watch the videos. In one of the videos Amy told her family that they should tell Aunt Cara and Uncle Van that she will miss them but that was code for the people are driving a Caravan. She also said that she will miss Mr. White. The car was a white caravan but this is just one of the many different hints that she gave the parents and the friend Amy tries to escape many times but fails, every time she fails she receives a death threat from Hugh and Smokey. They finally get saved but you will have to read the book to find out how.

               

Stolen Children is a very suspenseful book, you literally can put it down. I first read this book in the 5th grade and I loved it then and I love it now. I have read this book at least five times. I would defiantly recommend this book to readers ages 7 and higher, I think even adults would love this book.  

Book Review by Dallys B.