Helpful Score: 2
This book was awesome in keeping you guessing and several of my guess's were wrong and I'm a good quesser . It kept me up all night reading trying to figure it out and yet I still found myself thinking about it long after I put the book down and turn the lights off---if you like mysteries this one is a doozy.
Helpful Score: 2
A one day read for most, mostly for young readers but I kind of enjoyed the slow pace without sex, foul language, etc.
Stepping out of her car in the driveway, Christina sees a figure in a mask. Too late to fight. She is grabbed and drugged. When she wakes up she is on a narrow cot in a chilly basement.
Her kidnappers are holding her for ransom. But will her family pay? Christina soon discovers thay are convinced that she is an accomplice in her own kidnapping! Christina is on her own to prove her innocence. But what if she can't?
Her kidnappers are holding her for ransom. But will her family pay? Christina soon discovers thay are convinced that she is an accomplice in her own kidnapping! Christina is on her own to prove her innocence. But what if she can't?
Teenager Christina Lattimore has just arrived home when a masked man steps out in front of her. She is then grabbed from behind and drugged. Christina wakes up in a locked basement. She doesn't know who would kidnap her, but when a masked man asks her to sign a ransom note addressed to her grandmother, she does as he demands. Within days, her family has paid the ransom and she is back home. But that isn't the end of her ordeal. The police believe she orchestrated the whole thing. Now Christina has to clear her own name.
This is a young adult book that I picked up at a library sale. The backblurb sounded interesting, so I thought I'd give it a try. I had some problems with this book. First, I found the writing was just so-so. The story is told in the first-person POV. Christina's thoughts were all over the place. I don't remember teens having such a hard time concentrating on a problem (ex. did someone break into my house?), and then suddenly start thinking about what color eye shadow they would wear the next day. I also found the story lacked suspense. Maybe that was because I figured out who the kidnappers were BEFORE Christina was even kidnapped. I also thought the heroine had too many TSTL moments. Sure, she's a teenager. But she failed to engage her brain over and over. I did like that Christina used initiative to solve the case, but it came way too late in the book for me. My rating: 2 Stars.
This is a young adult book that I picked up at a library sale. The backblurb sounded interesting, so I thought I'd give it a try. I had some problems with this book. First, I found the writing was just so-so. The story is told in the first-person POV. Christina's thoughts were all over the place. I don't remember teens having such a hard time concentrating on a problem (ex. did someone break into my house?), and then suddenly start thinking about what color eye shadow they would wear the next day. I also found the story lacked suspense. Maybe that was because I figured out who the kidnappers were BEFORE Christina was even kidnapped. I also thought the heroine had too many TSTL moments. Sure, she's a teenager. But she failed to engage her brain over and over. I did like that Christina used initiative to solve the case, but it came way too late in the book for me. My rating: 2 Stars.
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Book Description
She spots the masked man in the dark, lonely parking lot--but too late. Grabbed and drugged, Christina is kidnapped and held for ransom. When her family pays, she thinks her ordeal is over. But then she realizes that her family thinks she planned the kidnapping! How will Christina prove her innocence?
winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mysery
Book Description
She spots the masked man in the dark, lonely parking lot--but too late. Grabbed and drugged, Christina is kidnapped and held for ransom. When her family pays, she thinks her ordeal is over. But then she realizes that her family thinks she planned the kidnapping! How will Christina prove her innocence?
winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mysery
