Monday, June 6, 2011

Kidnapped

Kidnapped Series 1-3    Genre:  Contemporary Realistic Fiction
By Gordon Korman
Book One:  The Abduction
Book Two:  The Search
Book Three:  The Rescue
     The three series books are about the Falconer Family, John, Louise, Aiden, and Meg, and the adventures they encounter in their complicated lives.  Throughout the stories, it summarizes that John, a mystery writer, and Louise get sent to jail, but are proven innocent a year later. Therefore, their two children, Aiden and Meg, are on the run trying to escape the police and being sent to foster homes.  However, when the parents are cleared of their crimes, they finally get back together as a family.  But, when Aiden and Meg are walking home from school one day, a mysterious car pulls up and tries to take the two children.  Aiden escapes but Meg gets taken, with her three kidnappers hoping for ransom money.  Being that Meg was already on her own on the run and hiding in the world, she is able to outsmart her kidnappers, at times. She leaves clues that are like the ones written in her father's mystery books, that only big brother Aiden, not the experienced detectives, can recognize. The books go back in forth from Meg and her kidnappers to the Falconer home, trying to get closer and closer to finding Meg.  These adventure books will draw readers into the story, keeping them wanting to learn more and more about the characters and their astonishing escapades.  These books are written at a fourth grade level, with an interest level of third grade and higher. 



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