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published
March 1st 2004
(first published 1979)
by Harcourt Paperbacks
binding
Paperback, 320 pages
literary awards
Edgar Award for Best Best Juvenile (1980)
isbn
0152050310
(isbn13: 9780152050313)
description
She spots the masked man in the dark, lonely parking lot--but too late. Grabbed and drugged, Christina is kidnapped and held for ransom. When her fami...more
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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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Read in September, 2008
recommends it for:
students who like suspensful stories
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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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 thi...more
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 thi...more
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03/09/09
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Read in March, 2009
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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Read in September, 2008
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, ...more
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Read in January, 2008
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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Read in January, 2009
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.
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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Read in March, 2009
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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Read in March, 2006
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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06/08/09
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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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This book was really intense. It just reminds you of hoe precautious you should actually be!!!! ^_^
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It was a really great book, and its about a mystery you wouldn't expect when you first read the title!
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this is like the greatest book in the world!!!!!!!! :D ppl who havent read this yet you must read it
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Read in January, 1988
I remember really being drawn into this book- very intense and enjoyable.
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Read in January, 2008
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This book is about a girl named Christina that gets kidnapped and she actually knows her kidnappers. Ironically, her kidnappers act like her friends. there is a surprise twist to the end of this book. This is a very good book. One day the cops bust in and they save Christina.
You should read this book. I couldn't stop reading this book becausing it was so interesting and exciting because you didn't ever know if the kidnappers would be caught because Christina. I also thought Christina wa...more
You should read this book. I couldn't stop reading this book becausing it was so interesting and exciting because you didn't ever know if the kidnappers would be caught because Christina. I also thought Christina wa...more
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Uh, kind of wierd and 'original' but interesting enough to keep you reading til the end!
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this book really makes you aware of what can happen if you talk or get to close to strangers and it's something that can happen in real life to you Scary!
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