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Jan 28, 2009

Mallory rated it:

I picked up this book because it had an award on the front. Saying that: I figured out what was going to happen about 1/4 of the way through the book- and then after 1/2 the way through I kept skipping ahead- so I just stopped reading it. I think the reason I couldn't quite get through it is because the author is a 70 something year old woman who is trying to sound like a teenager- she just doesn't capture the emotions, immaturity, insecurities, cares and vernacular of an actual teenager. She tr More...

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Mar 08, 2011

Jailine B. rated it:

It beggaining of the book I have to say it was slow but like in page 5 you can feel the tension between the the main character Christina(chris)and Zack. Zach is a guy who works at buger place. He marred and no kids. If you get the chance to read the frist hunder pages youll be glad that he dosent. Chris is a junor in high school and is best firends with lorna. One day after coming home to find tape on the door holding back the lock.Shes scared and calls and family memder whos up stairs. Latter t More...

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Nov 15, 2010

Wilson rated it:

Wilson Mather-Glass
Ms. Romaniuk
Reading/L.A. Book Review 5
16 November 2010

The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore:
When Proving your Innocence Isn’t as Easy as it Looks
It’s quite hard to admit that someone you know could be a criminal. Christina Lattimore, a teenage girl living in Houston, is put in this situation when she realizes that more than one person she’s known for her whole life could’ve been involved in an act that could put them a way for a good amount More...

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Jul 09, 2011

Emily rated it:

I hate it when you have to force yourself to finish reading a book. The plot of the book is revealed in the first 2 chapters which never bodes well. When I first picked up this book I thought it would be more action packed, but I was greatly disappointed. (SPOILER) During all of Christina's "imprisonment" - if you could call it that - consisted of her just sitting in a basement pondering escape and her possible death.

It also didn't help that Christina wasn't very relatable. More...

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Sep 15, 2008

Cristian rated it:

If you like suspensful stories;then I would recommend the book The Kidnapping of Cristina Lattimore. The author Loan Lowery Nixon uses vary good word choises that makes the book more interesting. This book is about a teenager named Cristabel Lattimore, but goes by the name Cristina.Cristina is headed to college in Europe,but before she leaves she gets kidnapped.Will she ever see her parents again?

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Apr 12, 2009

3 Nikki rated it:

Looking for the perfect mystery book? You don’t need to do any detective work to find out “The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore”by Joan Lowery Nixon is for you. First off, this book has a really good plot. Next, this book keeps you on your toes with all the suspense. The last reason this is the perfect mystery book is that it all connects.
To begin with, this book has a perfect plot. The plot makes sense and you can follow it easily, even when the story gets complicated. In this stor More...

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Jun 14, 2010

Jessica rated it:

Christina is the daughter of a wealthy pastor and the granddaughter of a CEO of an oil and gas company in Texas. She is kidnapped and held for ransom. Her kidnappers have a plan if things go wrong. Them make it look like Christina is involved and planned her own kidnapping. When she gets home from her ordeal no one believes that she was really kidnapped. So she decides to prove her own innocence.
I thought this book was ok. This was one of my author presentation books, and I had chose More...

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Jun 07, 2010

Samantha added it

I actually thought that this was a really cool book to read because i never really read anything like this before. Basically what happens is this girl is kidnapped and stuff, but...it doesnt end there. She is (fortunately) freed. Now you would think that she would go on with her life just coping with the fact that she's been kidnapped. It even goes on where people had the notion that she was trying to steal from her grandmother. I just thought that the story line was interesting because when i f More...

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Mar 11, 2009

Jonathan added it

It's about a girl named Christina Lattimore who wanted to France because her class and friend is going so she asked her religious father and he told her no. Then she went to ask her grandmother named Christabel. She asked Christabel if she can get the money from her college fund and her grandmother said no. After she gets home she noticed that there was tape on the door, she tells Della and her parents but they don't believe her because the tape is gone and nothing is missing. Then she goes to h More...

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Nov 21, 2011

Jasmine rated it:

I really liked this book! I was at the book store one time, and I saw the title and cover and the section it was under, and it looked pretty alright. Then I read the back, and that's when it caught my attention, it looked like a good book to read so I bought it.

What I really liked about this book was that it has some mystery in it, and some problems to deal with. I can't really explain it in words, but it was a really good book! It must be really hard to prove yourself innocent when th More...

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Jan 02, 2009

82_little_red rated it:

After being kidnapped, Christina has to stay in a basement all alone. The two kidnappers are doing the work, but Christina thinks there is a third person. All the kiddnappers want is money from her grandma and makes her signed a letter. After the cops find Christina, and arrested the kiddnappers, Christina thinks this is all over and the kiddnapers go to jail. But that’s not the case since her family thinks she planned the kidnapping all a long. There is no evidence of her being kidnapped, an More...

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Apr 10, 2008

Sydney rated it:

Christina is not your average high school girl. She attends an all-girl school and is very proper. Her class is attending a trip to France and she wants to attend. Her parents object and after asking every member of her family, is turned down each time. After going out with her friend Lorna, she is kidnapped and put in someone's basement. She is then arrested and charged with arranging her own kidnapping. She is horrified. Everyone believes she wanted the ransom money for her trip to France. He More...

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Mar 15, 2011

Bailey rated it:

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Jan 08, 2009

Kimi-chan rated it:

The beginning was good, and the middle - when Christina was kidnapped and after she was freed - was GREAT...
But the last chapter was horrible.
I mean, I expected this great ending...but no. It ended WAY too quickly, and left too many things open.
Maybe not OPEN, exactly...
But it opened up onto all these plots (of sorts) and then ended them all at one time in a REALLY dumb way.
If it wasn't for that last chapter, I'd DEFINATELY buy it.

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Mar 09, 2009

Thanh rated it:

Fail. I think I was maybe 6 pages into the book before I found myself flipping through it hoping to find something that would compel me to keep reading. I'm not sure how the heck it won an award--really boring, the main character's kind of annoying, and the story's too transparent. Only picked it up in the first place because a friend was giving away her old childhood books and I thought I'd give it a try. But really-fail.

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Oct 20, 2011

Dannielle rated it:

Christina Lattimore's kidnapping is the perfect plan that leaves her family thinking that she was in on the plan! This book follows both her time in captivity as well as her efforts to clear her name. While some of the dialogue was pretty lame and some of the events predictable, the ending is surprising enough to not feel like a waste. Overall, teenagers who like mysteries will probably enjoy this book.

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Dec 16, 2009

Crystal rated it:

This one was hard to rate for me. I wasn't very compelled in the beginning- I agree with others here in that the main character didn't sound very teenage-ish. I was also a little bored by the middle with the kidnapping and the whole part where no one believed her over and over. However, for me the book got rather interesting at the end with the third person mystery. I thought that part was very nicely done.

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Dec 19, 2011

Tara rated it:

This book went by pretty fast! I enjoyed it, I don't think it was amazing, but it kept me wanting to read it because it was pretty interesting. It's like a criminal case, where they try to find out the true story of what happened. I like those kinds of TV shows, so that may be why I enjoyed this book!

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Jan 25, 2009

Donna rated it:

This was the first book I read by Joan Lowery Nixon and she is a great author. She mostly writes mystery novels and this one is my favorite. It is about a girl who is kidnapped and is set up to make it look like she was trying to steal money from her grandmother.

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Sep 26, 2009

Kaitlyn added it

It was a great book that showed one girl's fear and desperation that as her family shun's her for a kidnapping that was never her fault. Very well written. I love every book that I've read by her and hopw to read more.

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Jun 08, 2009

Arnesia added it

I enjoyed reading this book because it was so many things going on in the book. You would think that you knew who was the actually kidnapper, but then something would happen and your mind would change! It was addicting!

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Jun 04, 2010

Jennifer rated it:

Fun, fast-paced mystery! The main character's voice was a little old-fashioned sometimes. She would say things like, "Why, Mother!" But it wasn't so annoying that it got in the way of the story. I would definitely read more of this author's books.

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Nov 27, 2009

Allison rated it:

This was SUCH a good book. I reconized the way the author was was writing from some of the things we have learned in writing arts, and global lit. It was so good, it always left me wondering what was going to happen next! It was a bit confusing at some times, but still good!

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Sep 04, 2009

Elisse rated it:

I really just couldn't bring myself to care about the main character. For one, she didn't talk like any teenager I know, but used very formal language. Plus she was just annoying.

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Nov 19, 2009

Arely rated it:

this is a great book i recommend this book to people that like to read mystery boks. at first i thought it was going to be boring but it is not it is really good.

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Jan 04, 2012

luhvBOOKS *~Colin Morgan/JD Forever~* rated it:

I read all od these books throughout 5th grade. I loved them, and still do. They are a great source of thrill and something that was on my reading level.

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Jul 22, 2010

Emily rated it:

I'm always looking for a great scary book thts not totally twisted and gory, this book was tottaly wat I've been looking for. I couldn't put it down.

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Nov 18, 2009

Kaylin rated it:

i thought this book is amazing and now i just realized i have it i might just read it again because i kind of forgot what happened

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Nov 25, 2011

Xavier rated it:

Never expected a book like this, centered mainly around Middle aged children, would really catch my intrest, but it did!

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Feb 22, 2011

Stefanie rated it:

I loved the mystery and suspense of this book. Even though it was kind of predictable, and I figured out who was behind the kidnapping early on, it was still a fun read.

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