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SOLVED: Children's/YA > SOLVED. a children/young adult book about kidnapping but they escape [s]

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message 1: by Bookworm (new)

Bookworm | 12 comments im not sure of the title or author but its where 2 boys get into a strangers car, both thinking its a friend of the other person and they get kidnapped. on the way they eat sweets provide and one gets sick. when they get there they are separated. one gets torchered or injured so its up to his friend whos also trapped to rescue him. they hid in a shed and then escape under the fence. the last chapter says something like they could never talk about it again to anyone (there might be something about a CD but i could be wrong)
please help me out i really want to read it again.


message 2: by Bookworm (new)

Bookworm | 12 comments if it helps i might be able to quote bits of it


message 3: by bookel (new)

bookel | 4029 comments What country is it set in?
What year did you read it?
Was it old or new then?


message 4: by Bookworm (new)

Bookworm | 12 comments not sure of the country it's set in, published 2000 onwards, i read it between 2006 - 2009. it was in the young adults section


message 5: by Bookworm (new)

Bookworm | 12 comments probably america or UK


message 6: by bookel (new)

bookel | 4029 comments Check these WorldCat results.
Search results for 'su:kidnapping' > '2000..2009' > 'Book' > 'Fiction' > 'English' > 'Juvenile'


message 7: by bookel (last edited Aug 21, 2013 03:18AM) (new)

bookel | 4029 comments Perhaps this will end the search?

WorldCat search: Search results for 'su:kidnapping kw:separated' > '2000..2009' > 'Book' > 'Fiction' > 'English' > 'Juvenile'

The long weekend
Author: Savita Kalhan
London : Andersen Press Limited, 2008.
Sam knows that he and his friend Lloyd made a colossal mistake when they accepted the ride home. They have ended up in a dark mansion in the middle of nowhere with man who means to harm them. But Sam doesn't know how to get them out. They were trapped, then separated. Now they are alone. Will either of them get out alive? This gripping and hypnotic thriller will have you reading late into the night...

Google preview - the sweets, car, sickness scene.

Solved!


message 8: by Lobstergirl, au gratin (new)

Lobstergirl | 44924 comments Mod
The Long Weekend for bookel's link.

Bookworm, is that your book?


message 9: by Lobstergirl, au gratin (new)

Lobstergirl | 44924 comments Mod
No response, but bookel's suggestion also makes references to a CD player so this is solved.


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