kidnapping

Preparing to defeat a takeover by the mastermind behind the "Re-evolution" genetic engineering plot, Max and her winged Flock companions are torn away from each other and forced into hiding or captivity in order to survive.

A group of genetically enhanced kids who can fly and have other unique talents are on the run from part-human, part-wolf predators.

The flock escaped ITEX and is heading west ready to enjoy some peace and quiet, but Max is more sure than ever that she is meant to save the world, and wonders if this lull is only the calm before the storm.

"Mr. Peregrine has been kidnapped! Now it's up to Darwen, Rich and Alexandra to rescue their beloved--if slightly eccentric--mentor. But as the months pass and Darwen and his friends from Hillside Academy grow no closer to finding the man who introduced them to the magical world of Silbrica, they're left with no choice but to make a deal with the one group they never thought they'd turn to: the Silbrican Guardian Council. The Council promises them assistance in locating Mr. Peregrine if in exchange the Hillside students help them recruit allies in the fight against the evil Greyling. It's the best deal Darwen and his friends could hope for. After all, they share in the Council's hatred of Greyling, having been nearly beaten by him twice; and so they agree to help. They'll embark upon a journey that will take them deeper into Silbrica than they've ever gone before; and there, on the other side of the mirror, they'll find the strangest sight of all ... An exact replica of Hillside Academy."--Jacket flap.

Twelve-year-old Clayton Stone gets a taste of life as a special agent when he goes undercover as a decoy in a high-stakes kidnapping operation.

When Luke and Resus discover that Cleo has been kidnapped, they try to find her and wind up getting caught in a plot involving the Nightwatchman, a monster who feeds on children's dreams in order to satisfy his own evil thirst for power.

Traveling to the green hills of Scotland, Lizzie investigates the disappearance of a wealthy orphan who went missing amid rumors that she aspired to join the circus or was spirited away by fairies.

"On the eve of the year anniversary of the Shiverton Abduction, two former best friends grapple with the consequences of that event"--.

While dreaming of being a spy like those in his favorite magazine, twelve-year-old Edward has been stuck holding his eccentric family together but when his parents are kidnapped, he leads his sisters and cousin in an effort to rescue them across the danger-filled landscape of nineteenth-century Mars.

Anastasia has barely managed to escape the nefarious clutches of C.R.U.D. when they are brought to the undergrown Cavelands, where she finds out she is Caveland royalty and her family figures into a centuries old scandal that began with the disappearance of her grandfather.