The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore

*I'm trying to write something for every book I read this year so I'm going back and writing at least a sentence for each book I read** This was stupid lol. I remember this being a favorite of mine way back in like the 7th grade so I thought I would reread it. Boy....my reading tastes have certainly......more

Teenager Christina Lattimore has just arrived home when a masked man steps out in front of her. She is then grabbed from behind and drugged. Christina wakes up in a locked basement. She doesn't know who would kidnap her, but when a masked man asks her to sign a ransom note addressed to her grandmoth......more

This book was excellent. I can understand why many people disagree. This is a young adult mystery suspense but it was published in 1979. Many people, many young people would not enjoy this because it is young adult from a different era. Is it irony that this was one of the reasons that I enjoyed it......more

A predictable, sugar-coated story with no real substance. It follows Christina Lattimore, a young girl wanting to find her way in the world, but basically not being able to. Its a cried wolf story. She lies and lies. Eventually know one believes her when she is legitimately kidnapped and her family i......more

So... I'm guessing you've never heard of Joan Lowery Nixon? She was a YA writer most prominently in the 70s and 80s -- and one of the few mystery writers for YA back when I was picking these books up in the early-to-mid 90s. I remember when these thriller-ish books were the rage, and I found these b......more