Ransom

by Lois Duncan

Book Overview

The lives of five teengage captives hang in the balance while their families gather the ransom. They are young, desperate, and willing to try anything. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440972922
• Release Date: August 1984
• Publisher: Laurel Leaf
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.5" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

OH MY GOD!!!!:)

Do you like mysteries? Do you like excitement, action, suspense?Then you should read "Ransom," by Louis Duncan. It is about 5 kids who get kidnapped, and the parents have to pay the ransom of $15,000 for EACH kid in order to get them back. Not only does it have mysteries, action, and suspense, but it has somewhat of romance and sadness. 2 of the kids start to fall in love with each other after something extreme happens to one of them. I'm sure you won't be able to put this book down.

Now known as Ransom, but five teenagers are still missing

This book is now known as Ransom; it's extremely hard to find as Five Were Missing. Lois Duncan's young adult books tend to divide into two categories, those involving the supernatural and those involving plain old real-life suspense, and this falls in the latter category. Five Were Missing is about five teenagers who get kidnapped on a routine bus ride home: two brothers, a quiet girl who is an army brat, a girl dealing with her broken family, and a shy slightly dorky boy. Duncan does a good job of weaving the lives of the teenagers' and their families into the plot at hand. Like all her novels for young adults, her characters are fully evoked and have their own pasts and backstories, but are also resourceful and strong enough to intrigue even older readers.

Awesome!

Lois Duncan's Ransom is one of the best books to hit the shelves. It not only keeps you interested but gives you a full, detailed description of what is happening throughout the story. The story is told by a "third party" that moves from place to place and person to person. The story line goes like this. Five students are kidnapped and held for ransom in an old cabin in the mountains. Two if these are brothers, Glenn and Bruce. Dexter, a straggler, lives with his uncle who is away on business and doesn't even know he is missing. Jesse is the daughter of a colonel and Marianne is a cheerleader that doesn't believer her stepfather will come through on the ransom money. The story goes through different twists and turns as well as surprising gunshots and arguments. This is a book that is hard to put down due to its suspenseful moments. Make sure you start with hours to spend reading it. It is definitely not a book to rush through. Overall the book is a great way to pass time and will always deserve the opportunity to be read over and over again.

A Great Book For Anyone!

I read this book for a book report and it was a really good book. Almost anyone could find interest in this book. It is a great book Lois!

It was an enthralling book.

I just read Five Were Missing, and I liked it very much. It was enjoyable, and I couldn't put it down. Great Book!