Escape UNDER the Forever Sky by Eve Yohalem
You’d think that being the daughter of the American ambassador to Ethiopia would be one adventure after another, right? Wrong. Thirteen-year-old Lucy Hoffman never gets to see anything beyond the walls of the embassy compound. All she can do is read about the exotic and exciting world outside and imagine what it would be like to be a part of it. Until she gets kidnapped.
All alone in the Ethiopian wild, Lucy must use her knowledge of African animal life, along with her inventiveness, will, and courage, to escape and find her way to freedom.
Inspired by a true story, this suspenseful tale will have readers riveted from start to finish.
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Roberts, Willo Davis. Hostage. Eleven-year-old Kaci and her nosy elderly neighbor Mrs. Banducci are kidnapped and held hostage after Kaci accidently interrupts burglars in the process of robbing her house.
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Shaw, Janet. Kaya’s escape! : a survival story. In the winter of 1764, after Kaya and her sister are kidnapped from their Nez Perce village by enemy horse raiders, she tries to find a way to escape back home. Includes historical notes on education and learning among the Nez Perce Indians.
Frederick, Heather Vogel. The Mother-Daughter Book Club. The mothers of four very different sixth-grade girls pressure them into forming a book club, and find, as they read the classic novel “Little Women,” that they have more in common than they thought.
Schroeder, Lisa. It’s Raining Cupcakes. Twelve-year-old Isabel dreams of seeing the world but has never left Oregon, and so when her best friend, Sophie, tells her of a baking contest whose winners travel to New York City, she eagerly enters despite concerns about her mother, who is opening a cupcake bakery. Includes recipes.
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All alone in the Ethiopian wild, Lucy must use her knowledge of African animal life, along with her inventiveness, will, and courage, to escape and find her way to freedom.
Inspired by a true story, this suspenseful tale will have readers riveted from start to finish.
If you like this book here are some recommendations:
Roberts, Willo Davis. Hostage. Eleven-year-old Kaci and her nosy elderly neighbor Mrs. Banducci are kidnapped and held hostage after Kaci accidently interrupts burglars in the process of robbing her house.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Kidnap at the Catfish Café. Assisted by her cat Max, sixth grader Minnie starts up her new detective agency by investigating a kidnapping and a thief who will steal anything, even a hot stove.
Roberts, Willo Davis. The kidnappers : a mystery. No one believes eleven-year-old Joey, who has a reputation for telling tall tales, when he claims to have witnessed the kidnapping of the class bully outside their expensive New York City private school.
Norton, Mary. The Borrowers aloft ; with the short tale, Poor stainless. The Borrowers, a family of tiny people, are kidnapped from their home in Little Fordham and held captive in an attic.
Bosch, Pseudonymous. This book is not good for you. Cass’s mom is kidnapped by the evil dessert chef, Senor Hugo, who requests the legendary tuning fork as ransom, leading Cass and Max-Ernest to try finding the magical instrument in time.
Shaw, Janet. Kaya’s escape! : a survival story. In the winter of 1764, after Kaya and her sister are kidnapped from their Nez Perce village by enemy horse raiders, she tries to find a way to escape back home. Includes historical notes on education and learning among the Nez Perce Indians.
Frederick, Heather Vogel. The Mother-Daughter Book Club. The mothers of four very different sixth-grade girls pressure them into forming a book club, and find, as they read the classic novel “Little Women,” that they have more in common than they thought.
Schroeder, Lisa. It’s Raining Cupcakes. Twelve-year-old Isabel dreams of seeing the world but has never left Oregon, and so when her best friend, Sophie, tells her of a baking contest whose winners travel to New York City, she eagerly enters despite concerns about her mother, who is opening a cupcake bakery. Includes recipes.
Hass, Robert B. African critters. National Geographic photographer Robert B. Haas shares his experience in Africa and his wildlife photographs and provides information about the animals of the continent.
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