The Rescue (Kidnapped Series #3)

by Gordon Korman

Overview

The startling conclusion to Gordon Korman's adventure trilogy.

Aiden Falconer and FBI Agent Harris are closing in the people who kidnapped Aiden’s sister, Meg. There’s just one hitch: Meg is trying to escape from them on her own, and is never where she’s supposed to be. As tension mounts and the net tightens, only one thing is clear: The kidnappers aren’t going down without a fight. Before, it was Meg who was in trouble. Now both Meg and Aiden are in grave danger.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780439847797
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/2006
Series:	Kidnapped , #3
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	417,343
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	760L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 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

Aiden Falconer is a boy on a mission...he must save his kidnapped younger sister, Meg, with the assistance of an unexpected friend, FBI Agent Harris. Even in the best of circumstances, this would be a difficult task. Aiden's search is initially complicated by a sudden snowstorm that quickly escalates to a blizzard. Meanwhile, Meg unwittingly makes her brother's rescue efforts even more difficult by escaping from her captors, ruthless thugs whom she has named Spidey and Tiger, just moments before the snowstorm hits the isolated woods of Western Virginia. Using the survival skills she learned from the fictional hero of her father's detective novel series, Mac Mulvey, she manages to stay alive and ahead of her evil pursuers. But will her brother Aiden and the rest of the rescue team catch up with her before the kidnappers re-capture her, or before hypothermia, starvation, and exhaustion take their deadly toll? A gripping, cat-and-mouse plot plus interesting characters equal a thriller just right for middle grade readers. Book #3 in the "Kidnapped" series.

Children's Literature - Dianne Ochiltree