Eighth-grade sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie reunite at the U.S. Open tennis championships where they investigate the mysterious disappearance of a top Russian player.
Charlie, in the middle of the family rreunion, is kidnapped and thrown in a boat. Charlie's parents and lion friends are in hot pursuit, but can charlie outwit his captors?.
After saving the lions from evil Maccomo, Charlie, a boy with the ability to speak the language of cats, goes to Venice to search for his parents and solve the mystery of their kidnapping with help from Bulgarian King Boris.
Action comedy about two bumbling neer-do-wells who kidnap a mischievous nine-year-old, son of a banker and civic leader. The boy pretends to be Red Chief, a fierce Indian warrior, and when his father receives a ransom note he thinks it is a prank.
Contains two fantasy novels by Eva Ibbotson, "The secret of platform 13" and "Island of the aunts" both of which deal with young people involved in kidnappings.
A sixteen-year-old orphan is kidnapped by his villainous uncle, but later escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.
