kidnapping

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kidnapping

The golden compass

1997
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.

News of a kidnapping

1997
Details the 1990 kidnappings of ten Columbian men and women by Medellin drug boss Pablo Escobar who planned to use the hostages as bargaining chips in negotiations with the government; focusing on the experiences of journalist Maruja Pachon who was held captive for six months.

Billy Phelan's greatest game

1983
Billy Phelan, a pool hustler, poker player, and bookie in Depression-era Albany, New York, gets caught up in the kidnapping of a political boss's son.

Way of the Ninja

2012
After skeleton warriors ransack his blacksmith shop and kidnap his sister, young Kai learns Spinjitzu from Sensei Wu and is introduced to three others--Cole, Jay, and Zane.

The snow queen

2004
Gerda and Kay are best friends, but when Kay is kidnapped by the evil Snow Queen, Gerda is determined to save him. Adapted from the story by Hans Christian Andersen.

Something queer is going on

(a mystery)
1982
The mysterious kidnapping of Fletcher, the inert Basset hound, leads Jill and Gwen on a frantic search that ends up in front of a TV camera shooting a dog food commercial.

September

2012
When Teenage fugitive Cal becomes convinced that Oriana was behind his little sister's kidnapping, he teams up with Boges to plant a listening device in her home, which may get him closer to the truth or closer to his death.

November

2010
Fifteen-year-old Cal continues to survive the 365 day countdown as a fugitive, enduring all kinds of perils, including being hunted by the notorious "Toe Cutter," finally meeting Eric Blair, and finding out the truth about the twin baby abduction.

August

2010
Fifteen-year-old Cal continues to survive the 365 day countdown as a fugitive, enduring all kinds of perils, including being buried alive in a coffin and becoming the prime suspect in his little sister's kidnapping.

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