Gordon Korman is the author of The 39 Clues Book 2: One False Note, which debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, and The 39 Clues Book #8: The Emperor's Code. Gordon has written more than sixty books for kids and young adults, including Zoobreak, Swindle, and Son of the Mob, as well as the On the Run series and the Island, Everest, Dive, and Kidnapped trilogies. A native of Ontario, Canada, Korman now lives with his family in Long Island, New York.
Booklist
\\\\\\\\Korman, Gordon. The Abduction. 2006. 138p.
Scholastic/Apple, paper, $4.99 (0-439-84777-X).
Gr. 4-7. From the very first page, the action is nonstop in this
breathless thriller, the first book in Korman's Kidnapped series.
Meg, 11, is abducted on her way home from school. Her brother,
Aiden, 15, works with the FBI to find her and deliver the ransom
money. In the meantime, Meg fights back with muscle and wit, even
managing to sneak out an SOS letter. The hurtling plot, with
mysterious meetings and high-tech surveillance, shifts between the
two kids' viewpoints. As the first book in the Kidnapped series,
this doesn't end with a rescue, and the references to what happened
before this story actually begins (the kids' parents were framed
for aiding terrorists and the kids survived as fugitives) are a bit
confusing. Still, even reluctant readers will be asking for the
second book, The Search, which is also now available. --Hazel
Rochman
Booklist
\\\\\\\\Korman, Gordon. The Abduction. 2006. 138p.
Scholastic/Apple, paper, $4.99 (0-439-84777-X).
Gr. 4-7. From the very first page, the action is nonstop in this
breathless thriller, the first book in Korman's Kidnapped series.
Meg, 11, is abducted on her way home from school. Her brother,
Aiden, 15, works with the FBI to find her and deliver the ransom
money. In the meantime, Meg fights back with muscle and wit, even
managing to sneak out an SOS letter. The hurtling plot, with
mysterious meetings and high-tech surveillance, shifts between the
two kids' viewpoints. As the first book in the Kidnapped series,
this doesn't end with a rescue, and the references to what happened
before this story actually begins (the kids' parents were framed
for aiding terrorists and the kids survived as fugitives) are a bit
confusing. Still, even reluctant readers will be asking for the
second book, The Search, which is also now available. --Hazel
Rochman
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