The Fugitive Factor (On the Run Series #2)

by Gordon Korman

Overview

Aiden and Meg Falconer are now celebrities ... for all the wrong reasons. It's much harder to be on the run when the whole country's looking for you....

Aiden and Meg Falconer are out to find the evidence that will free their parents from a life sentence in prison. But in order to do that, they have to live undercover. Ever since they broke out of a juvenile detention facility, they've been chased by the FBI ... and by a strange killer they've nicknamed Hairless Joe. Now their story has hit the airwaves, and suddenly everyone is looking for the Falconer kids. They think they can hide with an old family friend ... but when she turns them in and Meg is put in jail, the danger and adventure only increase.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780439651370
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	05/16/2005
Series:	On the Run Series , #2
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.32(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	760L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

If you are searching for a fast-paced, action-packed adventure novel this book is for you. Reading the first book in the series, On the Run, is optional because in book two the author brings the reader up to speed with information in the prologue. Fifteen-year-old Aiden and eleven-year-old Meg have a dilemma. They believe their parents are falsely imprisoned for harboring foreign terrorists. The Falconer children escape from a protective juvenile detention facility in order to uncover evidence to free their parents. Fortunately, the young fugitives happen to be wise and resourceful beyond their tender years. Aiden and Meg are desperately seeking a potentially-helpful CIA agent, Frank Lindenauer while being pursued by the police, FBI and a psycho assassin named Hairless Joe. The escapees board a duck boat and a sudden gust of wind blows the papers Aiden is holding. Miraculously, Meg is able to grab the only paper containing Frank's address. Portions of this story are far-fetched, but this makes it a fun read. What in the world happens next? Find out in the third book of the series. 2005, Scholastic, Ages 8 to 12.
—Mary Jo Edwards

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