Kidnap!

by John Escott

Ideal for new learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.One cold winter morning, a famous movie star and her teenage daughter are driving along a country road ...A blue van is waiting for them. Tom is in the van, but he's not a kidnapper - he's an artist. He usually draws pictures for adventure stories. Now he's in a real life adventure.

44 pages, Paperback

First published October 26, 2006

About the author

John Escott started by writing children's books and comic scripts, but now writes and adapts books for students of all ages. He especially enjoys writing crime and mystery thrillers, and is a member of the British Crime Writers Association.

With Oxford University Press John has published London for the Oxford Bookworms Factfile series; Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery, Star Reporter, Girl on a Motorbike, The Fly and Other Horror Stories, and The Scarlet Letter for the Oxford Bookworms Library series; The Magician, Time for a Robbery, Star for a day, Tomorrow's Girl, and The Man with Three NAMEs for the Hotshot Puzzles series; and A Pretty Face for the Dominoes series.

Reviews

[Lu ✨ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bueno, la verdad que esperaba algo más complejo, más desarrollado o simplemente con más historia de la que trae. Cuando me di cuenta de que era un cómic, pensé que sería más ameno, y sí que lo fue xd.
En fin, es MUY fácil de leer, por lo tanto... creo que alguien con una base de inglés lo entiende perfectamente.

[Sibi Pranav · Rating 4 out of 5]

nice book.nice story and nice illustration too.no hard feelings for the empty star

[juli ୨ৎ · Rating 3 out of 5]

2024
me gustó el plot twist

2025
está vez me pareció un poco aburrido pero mantengo el rating

[Laura✧˚ · . · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5 starts.
A really easy read about a comic designer who goes to the bookstore and finds a map. He follows the lead with Rita a woman whose car is broken and they find out about a kidnapping that is about to happen in an hour near a high school. Two men Max and Joey are trying to kidnap Anastasia the daughter of a famous movie star and they want 3 millions in return.

[Linh Tran · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a fun story to read. I like the illustration. It is about a guy who writes comic strips who runs out of ideas. He goes out for a coffee and picks up a piece of paper that another guy has dropped. That piece of paper is a map with some writing on it.

[Hothaifa Alduis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Abdullah]

Read it

[Zeta_sole · Rating 4 out of 5]

My first read book in english.

[majo · Rating 1 out of 5]

esperaba más

[Brenda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great plot twist, excellent vocabulary for starters. Nice activities

[Yashveer · Rating 5 out of 5]

fantastic and very suspicious story riya and Tom both are good characters

[Moed Hussein]

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