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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his daydreams come true and dangerous adventures become daily fare.
Author
Series
Starry River of the Sky volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"Pinmei, a storyteller's granddaughter, must find the Luminous Stone that Lights the Night to rescue her grandmother, who has been kidnapped by the Tiger Emperor"--
Author
Series
Amulet (Kazu Kibuishi) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Emily's and Narvin's mother is kidnapped and dragged into a strange and magical world where, it seems, the children's great-grandfather has been before. It's up to the children to set things right and save their mother's life.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
After twelve-year-old Addison Cooke's uncle unearths ancient Incan secrets in Peru, he is kidnapped by a shadowy organization intent on stealing the treasure unless Addison and his friends can decipher the clues first.
7) Artemis Fowl
Author
Series
Artemis Fowl series volume 1
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a most ingenious criminal mastermind, and heir to the Fowl family empire, a centuries-old clan of underworld figures and famous con artists. When Artemis kidnaps Holly Short, one of the Fairy People, to help him on his quest for gold, he takes on a Fairy world determined to rescue Holly.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Victoria (Tory) Blaisdell longs to live a life as adventurous and independent as that of her heroine, Jane Eyre. When Tory's father loses his job and decides to seek a share of the newly discovered gold in California, Tory stows away on the westbound ship carrying her father and younger brother, Jacob. Though San Francisco is mud-caked, frenzied, and full of wild and dangerous men, Tory quickly finds friends and independence - until her father leaves...
9) Chickadee
Author
Series
Birchbark house volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1866, Omakayas's son Chickadee is kidnapped by two ne'er-do-well brothers from his own tribe and must make a daring escape, forge unlikely friendships, and set out on an exciting and dangerous journey to get back home.
10) Deny all charges
Author
Series
Fowl twins volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Taking the Fowl jet without permission before it mysteriously explodes over Florida, the Fowl twins are placed under house arrest until Myles's questions about what really happened lead to an astonishing abduction.
Author
Series
NERDS volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
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
Series
Theodore Boone volume 2
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When his best friend disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, thirteen-year-old Theo uses his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April.
Author
Series
Simon Thorn volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
14) Emmy & Oliver
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Emmy just wants to be in charge of her own life. She wants to stay out late, surf her favorite beach?go anywhere without her parents? relentless worrying. But Emmy?s parents can?t seem to let her grow up?not since the day Oliver disappeared. Oliver needs a moment to figure out his heart. He?d thought, all these years, that his dad was the good guy. He never knew that it was his father who kidnapped him and kept him on the run. Discovering it, and...
15) The hanging girl
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When a seemingly harmless prank turns deadly, seventeen-year-old Skye Thorn realizes the people she's involved with are willing to kill to get what they want, and she must discover their true identities before it's too late.
16) The detour
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Livvy Flynn, a bestselling author of YA fiction, is kidnapped by a woman and her apparently manic daughter who have no intention of letting her go.
18) A king's ransom
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Cahills vs. Vespers volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After seven member of their family are kidnapped by a organization called the Vespers, Dan and Amy Cahill must race against time to track down an ancient map to pay as ransom to bring the hostages home.
Author
Series
Charlie Hernandez volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"When Queen Joanna is kidnapped Charlie and Violet set out across South America to find her and discover a conspiracy to raise the dead"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Prince Telmund has been cursed to transform into a new animal every time he falls asleep and Princess Amelia has been kidnapped by the dangerous Prince Sheridan; if either of them want a happy ending they will have to work together.
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