The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore - Hardcover

Nixon, Joan Lowery

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152426574 ISBN 13: 9780152426576

Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books, 1979

Synopsis

A teenage girl is kidnapped, but when freed, is accused of masterminding the scheme to extort money from her wealthy grandmother.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Stepping out of her car in the driveway, Christina sees a figure in a mask. Too late to fight. She is grabbed and drugged. When she wakes up she is on a narrow cot in a chilly basement.

Her kidnappers are holding her for ransom. But will her family pay? Christina soon discovers they are convinced that she is an accomplice in her own kidnapping! Christina is on her own to prove her innocence. But what if she can't?

About the Author:

JOAN LOWERY NIXON (1927-2003) is the author of more than 130 books for young readers, and the only four-time winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Mystery. She lived in Texas, the setting for many of her mysteries.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0152426574
• ISBN 13: 9780152426576
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 179