kidnapping

In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them.

Young Damian Drooth puts his newly-acquired detective skills to the test when the daughter of a wealthy movie director is kidnapped from the set.

When her mother goes on a NASA mission, Cat Starr is sent to live with her father, stepsister Olivia, and younger brother Geoffrey, but interference by her inept fairy godmother causes toads to appear when Cat speaks and gems to fall from Olivia's mouth, bringing one to the attention of jewel thieves and the other to a secret government laboratory.

Erik Morrissey Ganger and his friend, fourteen-year-old Sadie Dopple, meet a wealthy recluse while trying to escape tunnels under Isambard Dunstan's School for Wayward Children in order to pursue a former foe who has inadvertently kidnapped Sadie's twin sister, Saskia.

Captain Firebeard and his ruthless band of pirates kidnap a girl named Molly; however, Molly is not afraid and turns the tables on the very surprised group of thugs.

When twelve-year-old Alex's Scottish castle of Carra is sold, dismantled, and moved to Texas, the ghosts that raised him from a child have difficulty relocating.

Collects the first five books in the series featuring evil genius Artemis Fowl and his adventures as he uses illegal ways to try and obtain money to rebuild his family fortune and save the world from impending doom.

When Liverwurst the baby rhinosterwurst disappears, Wackatoo Indians, survivors of the 49th Cavlary, and children from the Koala Scouts join the circus company in rescuing him from a burger tycoon interested in creating Rhino-burgers.

In the remote mountains of Arizona where he lives with his mother, stepfather, and two sisters, fourteen-year-old Chase discovers two kidnapped boys and gets caught up in a dangerous adventure when he comes up with a plan to get them to safety.

KC and her friend Marshall decide to do a little sleuthing of their own when KC's mom and the clone of the president of the United States are kidnapped by disgruntled astronauts who want to take over the International Space Station.