kidnapping

Ellingham Academy in Vermont is full of riddles, twisting pathways, and winding gardens. Shortly after it is opened by Albert Ellingham in 1936, Albert's wife and daughter are kidnapped. The only clue is a riddle describing various methods of murder and signed, "Truly, Devious." Years later, true-crime buff Stevie Bell enters Ellingham Academy with a goal to solve the cold case. Then Truly Devious makes a surprising return, and another death rocks Ellingham Academy.

Thirteen-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl must join forces with his nemesis, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police, in order to save his father--one of the few people in the world Artemis loves--who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafiya.

"Blue arrives in the capital city of Altalus, where she is determined to find her friend Crow, the boy who was created to be a flying war machine, and Jack, the engineer who built him. But soon she is inadvertently kidnapped by Snow and Red, twins from the enemy side of their ten-year war. They set off on a dangerous adventure that brings them to the front lines of the war, and eventually realize that they must work together to help end it. But with larger, more powerful forces at work, the fight for peace--and survival--will be more difficult than they ever imagined"--Provided by publisher.

When Nadia arrives in Canada in 1950 with Marusia, the woman she calls mother, she is glad to finally be out of the displaced persons camp where she has lived for five years, but troubled by confused memories of World War II; she speaks Ukrainian, but she seems to remember living with a German Nazi family who called her by a different name--and as she tries to settle into the Canadian-Ukrainian community of Brantford she is haunted by one question: who is she, and where was she stolen from.

Twin brothers Cory and Ty Bic, seventeen, search for an escape from criminals in the Pacific Northwest wilderness.

A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads Janie on a search for her real identity.

Madison, a senior at a suburban New York high school, tries to uncover who is responsible for the disappearance of her friends, popular students mentioned in the posts of an anonymous blogger, while she, herself, is being stalked online and in-person.

Roman Sanchez, still suffering from the death of his father, must use all his skills and knowledge to save himself and the lives of three classmates when they are kidnapped from school and held for ransom.

"Traveling home by cruise ship should be a relaxing break after Emily's latest adventure, but things take a turn when the ship is overtaken by a pirate king and his crew. After the pirates collect everyone's riches, they steal something even more valuable: Aaron. The pirate king's eldest son takes Aaron captive, forcing him to help guide the pirates to the mythical Trident's Treasure. So Emily dives into action and joins the younger son's crew in hopes of saving Aaron. But while experiencing life on the waves, Emily is surprised to find herself not only enjoying the pirate life,but actually bonding with the crew--especially Sam, the pirate king's son. Between helping Sam unravel riddles to beat his brother to the treasure and making sure that her friends are safe, Emily realizes that she needs to be true to herself. Will she cast aside her mermaid life to join hernew friends, or will she find a way to follow her own path?"--Publisher.

When sixteen-year-old Mary Veal suddenly vanishes after her after-school hockey practice and later returns, her mother sends her to a local psychologist Dr. Hammer who doubts Mary's story that she was abducted.