Ransom

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Summary: An awesome book, one of Duncan's best!!
Review: I loved this book! It was one of my favorites, other than Summer of Fear. This book is about five kids that get kidnapped and they share a lot of experiances together!

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Summary: The lives of the five children depend on their families.
Review: This was an awesome book. It kept me on the edge of my seat as i sat home and read it in only six hours. I couldnt put it down because of the suspence and the cliffhangers at the end of each chapter. I hope that Lois Duncan makes a Ransom 2 because I still wonder what happens at the end with Buck and everything.

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Summary: The best Lois Duncan book I have read
Review: I read this book three years ago in the seventh grade, but it's still one of my favorite. This was the first book I had read by Lois Duncan, and so far, no other one by her has topped it. Our class had been put into three seperate groups for three seperate books. The teacher talked a little about each book and I thought that "Ransom" sounded like the most interesting. Luckily I was put into that group. I do read a lot of books, but I had never read a Lois Duncan book before. After I got into the book, it was hard to put down. We would, a lot of times, read for the entire class period, and when the bell would ring, I would feel like I hadn't had enough time to read (especially when they had attempted to escape). When I had finished this book, I was pleased that my literary teacher had picked such a good book (earlier and later in the year, she had picked some real losers). I hope a lot of people read this book and are as pleased with it as I was. --Jessica

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Summary: like most people say plot is used to much
Review: I did injoy it but it just got to boring. I'm also a reader of Joan Lowry Nixon and any one who reads this should read one of her books. She never uses the same plot over. Lindsey Mullnis aka Rainbow

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Summary: It was a kidnapping that took place on the bus
Review: I thought the book was one of the better one's that I have read in a while. It was an intresting book about a kidnapping that some of the kids could have got out of if..... to figure the rest out read it yourself.

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Summary: A couple of kids are kidnapped on a busride home
Review: Its okay. Not excellent, because the idea isn't original and could have been much more developed. Not much suspense. More of an adventure. But, its still worthy enough to be mentioned. One thumb up.

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Summary: I
Review: I thought the book was pretty good but I agree that the book had a simular plot as many other books I have read. I also have read some other books by Lois Duncan and I enjoyed them but other authors books that I have read have been better. Over all I enjoyed the book and I look forward to any other books Lois Duncan puts on the market.

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Summary: You Found It!!!
Review: I remember this book from when I was younger, and now that I'm a teacher I'm excited that my students are getting the same chance to read this. It's as though a MIRROR were being held up to my past. This is an exciting book that can be enjoyed by all ages. Don't miss out!

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Summary: Awesome book I have remembere for YEARS!
Review: I read this book in middle school (19-eighty-something...) and I have remembered it as one of the great suspenseful reads for all these years! I can't wait to get it for my son. I am so thrilled to find it!

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Summary: The Suspense of Ransom
Review: Lois Duncan is well known for her mysterious and suspenseful books. Ransom is not an exception of the great novels written by Lois Duncan. If you have read and enjoyed her other novels, you will like this one as well. This novel is in particular one of my favorites. Duncan allows the reader to read the novel from different views. The novel is written in a way that each character "says" what they see. The five protagonists are interesting and high school students will probably relate to one of them in some way. The characters learn more about each other, and realize how they really are. For example, Glenn Kirtland; the popular handsome guy, football captain and president of the student body , turns out to be the most selfish guy anyone would ever imagine. I would recommend this novel to anyone that enjoys suspense, specially teenagers.