ABANDONED. School Bus Hijacking, Kidnapping

[Amanda]

There was a book I read in seventh or eighth grade, so about eight years ago now. It started off with students boarding a bus and the bus going a different route than usual. Turns out, the driver took the students to a secluded area and basically held them prisoner. I believe the bus driver on duty was accused of the kidnapping, but his body was later found in a shed or something along those lines... Two of the kids I believe where trying to escape and it was snowy, but one of them got shot in either the leg or the side... Sadly, I don't remember anything besides this, I just remember someone telling me if I liked this kind of book I'd like Stephen King's works. So of coarse, I bought tons of his books, but lost the dear book that brought me to him and now, years later, I remembered that old book and can't for the like of me figure out which book it was. Any help would be much appreciated. ^_^'

[Martini]

It could be Under the Beetle's Cellar, though I'm not absolutely sure, because it's been a while since I read it.

[Amanda]

Martini wrote: "It could be Under the Beetle's Cellar, though I'm not absolutely sure, because it's been a while since I read it."

I'll have to read it to be sure, but I think it might be! Thanks. ^_^

[Martini]

Glad to help! :-)
And when you've read it, please come back here and tell us if it was the right book, so this topic can be marked as solved.

[Amanda]

Will do! :D

[dragongrli]

There is also this thread that has similar books:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[Elizabeth]

Five Were Missing by Lois Duncan. It may have been titled "Ransom". I remember that the last scene was in a church... A silver church? Five Were Missing

[bookel]

Agreed it sounds like Ransom (Five were missing) by Lois Duncan.
You can see excerpts on Google Books. The bus driver was found murdered. There is snow. Someone was shot.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Amanda, was "Under the Beetle's Cellar" your book?

After the First Death is another possibility, terrorists hijack a school bus.

[Bargle]

And just for the sake of completeness, here's another thread about a school bus kidnapping. There's a couple of links near the end for lists of this type of books.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Amanda, are you any closer to knowing which one it was?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

All Fall Down is another one.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Amanda, are you any closer to knowing which one it was?"

No response. Moving to Abandoned.