kidnapping

After being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, sixteen-year-old David Balfour escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders under English rule.

Forced to accompany their parents on their honeymoon in Spain, new stepsisters Amy and Felix find the animosity between them escalating especially when Felix's boasting about family wealth to a stranger results in their kidnapping.

Secret agent Jack Stalwart travels to Cambodia to rescue the guardian of the sacred treasures of Angkor Wat from kidnappers.

Gunnery Sgt. Kyle Swanson, a Marine sniper assigned to lead a top-secret mission to rescue an American general captured in the Middle East by terrorists, is shocked when his team is ambushed in the Syrian desert leaving him the only survivor, and his search for answers leads him to the discovery that his enemy is really a group of American mercenaries working for a very high-level cadre of U.S. officials who want to take control of the U.S. military--and he is the only one who can stop them.

Lew Archer takes the case of a woman whose husband has run off with their six-year-old son and a teen-aged blond. Now the trio have disappeared.

Fifteen-year-old Hope describes events leading her to agree to her boyfriend's plan to stage her abduction, and the consequences for their relationship, her family life, and her budding career as an actress.

When, after a bizarre series of events, her best friend is accused of murdering her own baby brother and two other babies, Lauren, convinced of her friend's innocence, joins her in trying to solve the mystery and find evidence to clear her name.

Twelve-year-old Goldie, impulsive and bold, relies on her skills as a liar and a thief to try to rescue her captured friends from the child-stealers running rampant in the City of Spoke.

The Samurai Kids, "Cockroaches," travel to the Forbidden City of China in order to rescue their kidnapped friend, Kyoko. Sensei suspects his enemy, Lu Zeng, who is obsessed with the quest for eternal life. Niya, the tale's hero, begins to learn that her friend Yoshi has secrets, and so does Sensei, and she begins to question who she can trust.

After Toby, Pete, Lorna, and Emily download powers off the Internet to become superheroes, they must band together to save Toby and Lorna's mother from the evil supervillain Doc Tempest.