Someone Is Hiding on Alcatraz Island

by Eve Bunting

Book Overview

When Danny saves an old woman from a mugger's attack, he doesn't expect to tangle with the toughest gang in school, the Outlaws. But then, he doesn't know the mugger is the gangleader's brother.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425102947
• ISBN13: 9780425102947
• Release Date: December 1986
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

One of my favorite books!!

I stumbled on this book in my local Library, borrowed it, read it, and then bought it. It is one of the best books I have read. Danny (the star of the book) lives with his mom and grandma and one day saves an elderly lady from a mugger. But it turns out that the kid who was doing the mugging was the brother of Priest, a member of the toughest gang around. This gang refers to themselves as the Outlaws and consists of Cowboy, Maxie, Jelly Bean, and Priest. The Outlaws are now out to get Danny who, to escape them, jumps on a tour boat heading for the abandoned prison - Alcatraz. Little does Danny know that the Outlaws have followed him... Someone is Hiding on Alcatraz Island by Eve Bunting is a wonderful book. It contains a lot of action, suspense, and leaves you wondering how -and IF they will make it out alive. As Danny says, 'Who said the morgue wasn't in use anymore?'

best book ever

Imagine your 14, small for your age, living is san fransisco, and being chased by bullies?danny is experiencing this, exept hes trapped on an island that once was one of the worlds best prisons.He tries to find a way to stay alive.Will Danny escape or die? Read it and find out!!!!!!!!

"Escape or Die!"

I really enjoy Eve Bunting's books, and "Someone is Hiding on Alcatraz Island" is no exception. It's told in the first person by 14-year-old Danny Sullivan, who avoids four bullies from school (the Outlaws) by hiding out on Alcatraz Island while on a tour of the landmark prison. However, the Outlaws have the same idea, and soon Danny is involved in a nightly cat-and-mouse game through the abandoned building with a young park ranger, Biddy. But will either one of them leave the island alive?This a very fast-paced book and only 136 pages, which should appeal to more lax preteen readers. The setting is perfect, and the history of Alcatraz is significant in foreshadowing the latter events of this book.

Someone is Hiding on Alcatraz Island by Eve Bunting

How would you like to be on an Island where at one point in time, the worst prisoners in the world were held? I am sure that Danny didn't like it much either but he did not really have a choice. For Danny it all starts when he sees a elderly women getting robbed. Danny decides that he wants to try to save her because the robber is smaller than he is (almost no one is). What he does not realize is that the robber is the brother of one of the boys in the toughest gang in school, the Outlaws. One day Danny is walking along when he sees the Outlaws out robbing tourists on Fisherman's Warf. Quickly Danny runs as the Outlaws chase after him. He jumps on a boat that is leaving for Alcatraz Island. Danny comes up with a plan to escape for the Outlaws but then he sees that the Outlaws have come to get him on the island. Danny decided to stay on the Island overnight to wait things out. What Danny does not know is that the Outlaws decided to stay on the Island overnight with him. Will Danny survive the night? You will have to wait until you read the book and find out for yourself. I really enjoyed reading this book and I am sure that you will to.

Great reading for all ages!

This book is filled with humor, suspense, as well as a little action. I read it in Jr. High. As a Senior in High School, I still love it! I highly reccommend Someone Is Hiding On Alcatraz Island to anyone! Great work Eve Bunting!