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Kidnapping -- children's/young adult fiction

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1

Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

36,348 members

744 reviews

4.1

3 Members: bookel, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

The Face on the Milk Carton

by Caroline B. Cooney

3,557 members

80 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: bookel, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues

by Donald J. Sobol

1,877 members

6 reviews

3.8

3 Members: bookel, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

The Borrowers Aloft

1,532 members

10 reviews

3.8

3 Members: bookel, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day

by Donald J. Sobol

1,017 members

3 reviews

4

3 Members: bookel, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

by J. M. Barrie

19,061 members

326 reviews

3.9

2 Members: bookel, ahef1963

7

by Robert Louis Stevenson

10,856 members

117 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

The Clue of the Broken Locket

by Carolyn Keene

2,440 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

9

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

2,407 members

50 reviews

4

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

10

The Secret of the Caves

by Franklin W. Dixon

1,796 members

10 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

11

What Happened at Midnight

by Franklin W. Dixon

1,570 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Outside Over There

by Maurice Sendak

1,120 members

45 reviews

3.9

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

13

The Hooded Hawk Mystery

by Franklin W. Dixon

784 members

7 reviews

3.2

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

14

The Mystery of the Green Ghost

by Robert Arthur

747 members

10 reviews

3.8

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

15

Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job

by Willo Davis Roberts

279 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

16

The Famous Stanley Kidnapping Case

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

193 members

3 reviews

3.9

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

17

by Willo Davis Roberts

127 members

1 review

½ 4.3

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

18

Mary is Missing

by Francine Pascal

120 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

19

Someone Was Watching

by David Patneaude

120 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

20

The Spanish Kidnapping Disaster

by Mary Downing Hahn

118 members

1 review

½ 3.4

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

21

The Kidnappers : A Mystery

by Willo Davis Roberts

107 members

1 review

½ 4.3

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

22

by Susan Beth Pfeffer

87 members

2 reviews

3

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

23

I Spent My Summer Vacation Kidnapped into Space

by Martyn N. Godfrey

71 members

2 reviews

3.9

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

24

Following the Mystery Man

by Mary Downing Hahn

65 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: bookel, ManWithAnAgenda

25

by Eleanor Estes

4,474 members

51 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: bookel

26

The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

by Nancy Farmer

2,840 members

53 reviews

4

Member: bookel

27

The Slave Dancer

2,514 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: bookel

28

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles

by Julie Andrews

2,321 members

35 reviews

4.2

Member: bookel

29

Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang

2,178 members

42 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: bookel

30

by Lucy Christopher

1,888 members

141 reviews

3.9

Member: bookel

31

by Gary Paulsen

1,793 members

43 reviews

3.9

Member: bookel

32

The Seven Crystal Balls

1,761 members

16 reviews

4.1

Member: bookel

33

Whatever Happened to Janie?

by Caroline B. Cooney

1,660 members

26 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: bookel

34

The Quest of the Missing Map

by Carolyn Keene

1,615 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

35

by Adrian McKinty

1,549 members

79 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

36

Five Go to Smuggler's Top

1,426 members

11 reviews

3.8

Member: bookel

37

The Littles to the Rescue

by John Peterson

1,401 members

17 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: bookel

38

The Spider Sapphire Mystery

by Carolyn Keene

1,236 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: bookel

39

by Gordon Korman

1,224 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: bookel

40

The Voice on the Radio

by Caroline B. Cooney

1,222 members

17 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: bookel

41

The Mystery of the Fire Dragon

by Carolyn Keene

1,186 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: bookel

42

Mystery of the Glowing Eye

by Carolyn Keene

1,181 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: bookel

43

by Hector Malot

898 members

23 reviews

4.1

Member: bookel

44

What Janie Found

by Caroline B. Cooney

893 members

12 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: bookel

45

The Mystery of the Spiral Bridge

by Franklin W. Dixon

784 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: bookel

46

The Sea of Adventure

724 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: bookel

47

The Keeping Place

by Isobelle Carmody

702 members

9 reviews

3.9

Member: bookel

48

Companions of the Night

by Vivian Vande Velde

696 members

31 reviews

3.8

Member: bookel

49

The Abduction (Kidnapped, Book 1)

by Gordon Korman

667 members

21 reviews

3.9

Member: bookel

50

The Circus of Adventure

608 members

8 reviews

3.8

Member: bookel

51

Five Were Missing

577 members

11 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: bookel

52

556 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: bookel

53

Stolen Children

532 members

21 reviews

4.2

Member: bookel

54

by Michael Morpurgo

490 members

10 reviews

4.1

Member: bookel

55

by Terry Brooks

475 members

5 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: bookel

56

The Wise Woman, or The Lost Princess: A Double Story

by George MacDonald

457 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: bookel

57

The Search (Kidnapped, Book 2)

by Gordon Korman

452 members

7 reviews

3.9

Member: bookel

58

The Rescue (Kidnapped, Book 3)

by Gordon Korman

440 members

5 reviews

3.9

Member: bookel

59

427 members

27 reviews

3.9

Member: bookel

60

The Mystery of the Vanished Prince

418 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: bookel

61

Father's Arcane Daughter

by E. L. Konigsburg

414 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: bookel

62

The Mystery of Holly Lane

404 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: bookel

63

The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club

by Bertrand R. Brinley

399 members

4 reviews

4.2

Member: bookel

64

398 members

12 reviews

3.9

Member: bookel

65

The Twisted Window

386 members

14 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: bookel

66

Screams in the Night (Sugar Creek Gang Original Series)

by Paul Hutchens

383 members

1 review

½ 4.7

Member: bookel

67

The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore

by Joan Lowery Nixon

375 members

9 reviews

3.1

Member: bookel

68

Doctor Dolittle in the Moon

by Hugh Lofting

349 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: bookel

69

by Willo Davis Roberts

341 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: bookel

70

316 members

5 reviews

4.1

Member: bookel

71

by Carol Ryrie Brink

316 members

8 reviews

4

Member: bookel

72

by Katherine Roberts

292 members

3 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: bookel

73

The Colorado Kidnapping

by Paul Hutchens

272 members

1 review

½ 4.7

Member: bookel

74

by Donna Jo Napoli

271 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: bookel

75

The Green Tent Mystery (Sugar Creek Gang)

by Paul Hutchens

268 members

1 review

½ 4.5

Member: bookel

76

The Happy Hollisters and the Punch and Judy Mystery

263 members

3 reviews

4.2

Member: bookel

77

Janie Face to Face

by Caroline B. Cooney

256 members

14 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: bookel

78

The One Left Behind

by Willo Davis Roberts

252 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: bookel

79

Missing Since Monday (Point)

by Ann M. Martin

230 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: bookel

80

Counterfeit Son

by Elaine Marie Alphin

223 members

9 reviews

3.8

Member: bookel

81

I'm Not Who You Think I Am

208 members

4 reviews

3.8

Member: bookel

82

Babar and Zephir

by Jean de Brunhoff

207 members

3 reviews

4

Member: bookel

83

Long Live the Queen

by Ellen Emerson White

201 members

8 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: bookel

84

by Willo Davis Roberts

200 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: bookel

85

Babar Visits Another Planet

by Laurent de Brunhoff

196 members

3 reviews

4

Member: bookel

86

by Antonia Barber

195 members

5 reviews

4.1

Member: bookel

87

Anatole and the Toyshop

194 members

½ 4.3

Member: bookel

88

by Francine Pascal

193 members

2 reviews

2.9

Member: bookel

89

192 members

5 reviews

4.1

Member: bookel

90

by John Bennett

189 members

2 reviews

3.1

Member: bookel

91

by Jane Louise Curry

182 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: bookel

92

181 members

25 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: bookel

93

180 members

½ 3.4

Member: bookel

94

The Girl in the Box

by Ouida Sebestyen

173 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: bookel

95

Coffin on a Case

169 members

4 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: bookel

96

Elephant Adventure

by Willard Price

164 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: bookel

97

Jane Anonymous: A Novel

by Laurie Faria Stolarz

160 members

12 reviews

3.9

Member: bookel

98

Marked for Death

by Matt Forbeck

159 members

1 review

2.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

99

Man from the Sky

by Avi

151 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: bookel

100

The Phantom of Venice

by Carolyn Keene

150 members

2 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: bookel

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