Hostage

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Author:

Roberts, Willo Davis

Compiled by:

BookSource Staff,

ISBN:

978-0-613-97961-0

Publication Date:

Aug 2001

Publisher:

Turtleback

Book Format:

Hardback

List Price:

USD $17.20

Book Description:

When eleven-year-old Kaci interrupts burglars in the process of robbing her house, she and her nosy elderly neighbor Mrs. Banducci are kidnapped and held hostage by the desperate and ruthless criminals

Book Details

Pages:	140
Detailed Subjects:	Juvenile Fiction / General Juvenile Fiction / Law & Crime
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	5.3 x 7.5 x 0.63 Inches
Book Weight:	0.44 Pounds

Author Biography

Roberts, Willo Davis (Author)

Author Willo Davis Roberts was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 29, 1928. Her first novel, Murder at Grand Bay, was published in 1955. The View from the Cherry Tree was originally meant to be an adult novel, but was then sold as a children's book; it was published in 1975 and started her career as a children's mystery writer. Roberts wrote a total of ninety-nine children and adult books during her lifetime and won numerous awards including the Mark Twain award for The Girl with the Silver Eyes (1980) and Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job (1985) and the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Megan's Island (1988), The Absolutely True Story of My Visit to Yellowstone with the Terrible Rupes (1994), and Twisted Summer (1996). She died on November 19, 2004 from congestive heart failure.

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