| Taken Contributor(s): Bloor, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 0440421284 ISBN-13: 9780440421283 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Values & Virtues - Young Adult Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) - Young Adult Fiction | Law & Crime |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 640 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.45 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Geographic Orientation - Florida - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 117953 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Charity Meyers has only 12 hours to live. By 2035 the rich have gotten richer, the poor have gotten poorer, and kidnapping has become a major growth industry in the United States. The children of privilege live in secure, gated communities and are escorted to and from school by armed guards. But the security around Charity Meyers has broken down. On New Year's morning she wakes and finds herself alone, strapped to a stretcher, in an ambulance that's not moving. If this were a normal kidnapping, Charity would be fine. But as the hours of her imprisonment tick by, Charity realizes there is nothing normal about what's going on. No training could prepare her for what her kidnappers really want . . . and worse, for who they turn out to be. |