kidnapping

It has been six months since Max's mother was taken by demons, and by now seven redheaded women are missing, so when a substitute teacher shows up at his school, wearing a necklace with a lock of his mother's hair, Max hopes that this is finally the break that he needs.

In the four months since his mother was taken by demons, Max has been studying and perfecting a means of killing them with a slingshot, witch hazel, and an arcade token with a sunburst emblem--but now other women have been disappearing and finding out what the demons are up to has become a matter of increasing urgency.

"When Didi Dodo and her friends hear that the queen was kidnapped by a human, they pose as a family while searching for her at a new, human-themed amusement park"--OCLC.

"When Mary Shelley is kidnapped by a mad scientist, Nikki Tesla and the other members of the Genius Academy team are forced to agree to steal a priceless, lethal high-tech ring in order to free her; but Nikki also plans to use the heist to get closer to her long-lost father who claims he is not the criminal mastermind she believes him to be"--OCLC.

"Tara Smith has always wanted to be extraordinary and she finally got her wish: by spontaneously combusting in the middle of trigonometry! Now, nothing for Tara will every be the same, because she's discovered the truth. Her home isn't really her home, the parents who raised her were actually her kidnappers, and Tara herself is an alien. And now she has two choices: be deported to a far off planet to live out the rest of her life or attend a special boarding school to teach her about her powers and help her learn to be part of Earth Society. When she graduates, she can go back to living a normal, but for now she's part of 'The School for Extraterrestrial Girls'"--Back cover.

"When Queen Joanna is kidnapped Charlie and Violet set out across South America to find her and discover a conspiracy to raise the dead"--Provided by publisher.

Iron Man and Black Widow head out to find a missing Cap, and track him down to a familiar castle in Europe where they find him hypnotized by Baron Helmut Zero.

When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping chases the trio away from London and soon the two orphans are caught in a trap set by Grisini's ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed before it is too late.

Four months ago Sara Zapata's best friend, Linda, disappeared from the streets of Ju?rez, and ever since Sara has been using her job as a reporter to draw attention to the girls who have been kidnapped by the criminals who control the city, but now she and her family are being threatened. Meanwhile her younger brother, Emiliano, is being lured into the narcotics business by the promise of big money, and soon the only way for both of them to escape is to risk the dangerous trek across the desert to the United States border.

"After three years in exile, Kestra Dallisor has been summoned back to Antora by her father, right-hand man of the seemingly immortal king, Lord Endrick, but she is intercepted and kidnapped by the Coracks who want to use her to get the Olden Blade, which they believe can be used to kill the despot. Simon, one of the rebels with his own grudge against the Dallisors, is assigned to accompany her, but Kestra has her own plans and she does not intend to let anyone get in her way"--Publisher provided.