STOLEN CHILDREN
BY: PEG KEHRET
Will this be Amy's last babysitting job?
Babysitting for sweet little Kendra is easy.. Or so Amy thinks so, until two men show up and kidnap both of them, the girls are taken to a cabin in the woods where the kidnappers film videos and send them to each of the girls' parents. At the end of one of them the men will ask for a ransom. Amy decides to hide clues in the videos, but will the girls' parents and the police understand her messages before it's too late?
My Opinion
I liked this book because it was nerve racking, suspicious, and suspenseful. I was always wondering what would happen next. I really think people would enjoy this book.
The Main Characters
Amy
Amy is the babysitter. She is a teenager, and just finished her babysitting class. Amy has also lost her father in the last couple of months and has been really sad.
Hugh and Smokey
Hugh and Smokey are the criminals who snatch Kendra and Amy. Smokey is Kendra's nannys ex. Smokey is easily aggravated and Hugh is the nicer one, but they both are criminals.
Kendra
Kendra is the little girl Amy had been babysitting. She is the sweetest little thing and carries around her stuffed cat named Tubby. She is 3 years old and is happy most of the time, unless she misses her mom.
About The Author
Peg Kehret has always loved to write. As a child, she wanted to be either a writer or a veterinarian; now she includes animals in most of her books. She grew up in Austin, Minnesota, and had a happy and normal childhood except for a bout with polio which paralyzed her from the neck down and hospitalized her for nine months. However, she made nearly a complete recovery. She graduated from Austin High School and attended the University of Minnesota for one year.