The Lapsnatcher Author:Bruce Coville Despite his family's assurances that they love him just as much as ever a young boy named Jacob feels misplaced when his baby sister is born. Angry that the baby is getting a lot of attention and frustrated when he can't sit on his mother's lap because she's holding the baby, Jacob becomes determined to find a way to get rid of his sibling. Howe... more »ver, the trash collector won't take the baby to the dump, the mail carrier won't mail her to Alaska, and the woman from the diaper services refuses to bring the baby back to the diaper company with her. Will Jacob ever find a way to accept his sister?