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Tristan Strong volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Seventh-grader Tristan must return to Alke and enlist the help of African gods and black folktale heroes when Nana is abducted from the Strong family farm in Alabama.
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English
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Description
When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping chases the trio away from London and soon the two orphans are caught in a trap set by Grisini's ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed before it is too late.
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Series
Michael Vey volume 7
Language
English
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Description
The Electroclan embarks on a daring rescue mission when Michael Vey goes missing.
5) Trust no one
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Language
English
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Description
When seven members of their family were kidnapped, thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, got ready for the fight of their lives. But their enemy, a terrifying group known as the Vespers, remained frustratingly elusive. They stay in the shadows, picking off Cahills one by one. And now the Vespers have landed their most serious blow yet ? A blow that strikes at the very heart of the Cahill family. Because Amy and Dan discover that...
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Series
Kung Pow Chicken volume 4
Publisher
Branches, Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
When the Blue family travels to New Yolk City, Egg Drop wants to go to the first-ever Sidekick Super-Con--a big party for sidekicks--but Ticklebeak and his Bad Eggs soon chicknap the sidekicks and it is up to Kung Pow Chicken to save them.
7) Hit the road
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Brittany acts as chauffeur for her grandmother and three other eighty-plus-year-old women going to what is supposedly their college reunion, on a long drive that involves lies, theft, and kidnappings.
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Series
NERDS volume 5
Publisher
Amulet Books
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.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Ten years after Samantha and her next door neighbor Remy watched as a man broke into Sam's home and lifted her younger sister, Turtle, from her sleeping bag, Sam's shattered family returns to her childhood home in an effort to heal, and the more they re-examine the events of that fateful night, the more questions they discover about what really happened to Turtle.
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Series
Emmy and the rat series volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Emmy wants to be an ordinary girl, but the evil nanny Miss Barmy, now a rat, has trapped five of her former charges and when she uses them to steal jewels belonging to Emmy's parents, it is up to Emmy, Joe, and their rodent friends to stop her.
Author
Series
Space boy volume 2
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Niko and his crew embark on an intergalactic adventure to the Planet Zorg, where Niko's cousin Sasha is being held captive by a space pirate (who is actually Niko's sister, Posh!). But when Niko and his crew charge in to the rescue, the girls do the unthinkable by capturing his ship and leaving him stranded far from Planet Home. Using his characteristic ingenuity and wit, Niko manages to take back control of his spaceship and his story."--Publisher....
12) Hold fast
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless--and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father.
13) The hanging girl
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Skye Thorn has given tarot card readings for years, and now her psychic visions are helping the police find the town's missing golden girl. It's no challenge-her readings have always been faked, but this time she has some insider knowledge. The kidnapping was supposed to be easy-no one would get hurt and she'd get the money she needs to start a new life. But a seemingly harmless prank has turned dark, and Skye realizes the people she's involved with...
14) Bad moooove!
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Series
Princess Pulverizer volume 3
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Princess Pulverizer tries to help the village of Ire-Mire-Briar-Shire, where every cow, goat, and sheep has vanished, but she and Lucas are captured by a troll, putting her Quest of Kindness in peril.
Author
Series
Brothers of the Ikkuma Pit series volume 2
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Urgle and two other Brothers of the Ikkuma Pit--where boys are abandoned at birth and learn to fend for themselves and rear their younger brothers--embark on a quest to rescue Urgle's brother Cubby, who's been carried off by monsters into the forest from which no one has everreturned.
16) The Safest Lies
Author
Publisher
Ember
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Kelsey's mother hasn't set foot outside their front door in seventeen years, not since she escaped from her kidnappers with her attacker's baby growing inside her - Kelsey. Kelsey has always kept a low profile for their protection. That is, until she drives off a cliff and is rescued by volunteer firefighter and classmate Ryan Baker. A few days later, Kelsey's mother goes missing. She and her mom have drilled for all contingencies - except this one....
17) Quit buggin' me!
Author
Series
Princess Pulverizer volume 4
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, An Imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When Princess Pulverizer and her friends, Lucas and Dribble the dragon, hear about an evil beast capturing townspeople, the trio set out to find and rescue the prisoners, but their mission is imperiled when Lucas and Dribble are abducted.
Author
Series
Nanny Piggins volume 7
Publisher
Random House Australia
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When Mr Green rings from a tropical island, begging to be rescued, Nanny Piggins first instinct is to say no. However, a principle is at stake. No-one kidnaps her employer - at least not without written permission from her. So Nanny Piggins sets out to save the hapless tax lawyer, and to do so she must first dabble in a spot of bungy jumping, deceive immigration officials wearing a fake moustache and seduce the President with her most powerful weapon...
19) Pretty Girl-13
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Angie finds herself in her neighborhood with no recollection of her abduction or the three years that have passed since, until alternate personalities start telling her their stories through letters and recordings.
Author
Series
Kingdoms of Sand and Sky volume 1
Publisher
Tor Teen
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When her warrior father, King Sendoa, mysteriously dies, Princess Amarande of Ardenia is given what would hardly be considered a choice: marry a stranger at sixteen or lose control of her family's crown. But Amarande was raised to be a warrior-not a sacrifice. In an attempt to force her choice, a neighboring kingdom kidnaps her true love, stable boy Luca. With her kingdom on the brink of civil war and no one to trust, she'll need all her skill to...
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