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Bezig met laden... Five Were Missing (1966)door Lois Duncan
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Pointless and boring. ( ) Read this book many years ago, this audio copy is well done and highly recommended. The lives of five captives hang in the balance while their families gather the ransom. Two brothers, their family frantic to find their sons. A loner whose uncle doesn’t even know he’s missing. An Army brat whose family will never be able to raise enough money. And a cheerleader who can’t count on her stepdad, but knows her father will come through. I believe I was in 5th grade when I originally read this suspense YA about 5 kids who are kidnapped via hijacking their school bus at the end of the route. There is certainly a wide variety of characters here, some revealed as stronger than they or the others think, and some showing the cracks in their characters. Both the kids and the parents (negotiating with the kidnappers) are developed. A good 'short book' for a young person who wants something suspenseful, but the fact that more than one plot point turns on telephone communication may make it a bit dated for modern readers. 1966 Doubleday library binding - I'm pretty sure it's the first edition. This is a good suspenseful study for a middle grade story. I've seen it listed as YA. It's not. Unless one gets into the personality study the story isn't going to be exciting for anyone over maybe 15. And the personality/psychological study is on a younger level. I debated whether it should get the fourth star as, even for me, it didn't have an ageless appeal. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Thriller.
Young Adult Fiction.
HTML: Edgar Award finalist: When the strange new bus driver passes the last stop, the five teens on board know something's wrong: "[A] gripping thriller." â??Publishers Weekly
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