The Kidnappers

by Willo Davis Roberts

Book Overview

This bestselling classic novel about bullying gone awry from three time Edgar Award-winning author Willo Davis Roberts is a "fast-paced mystery [that] unfolds with suspense and excitement" ( School Library Journal ). I didn't like Willie Groves, but I didn't hate him enough to want someone to kidnap him. Famous last words. Joey Bishop soon finds himself face-to-face with the kidnappers--and his archenemy--in this fast-paced story that will leave you...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481449044
• ISBN13: 9781481449045
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

The best Book Ever

The kidnappers is the best book around.I loved it from begging to end. I also like the wrighter of this book. I will always read her books. I also liked it becouse it is a mysterie and I couldn't put it down.

The Kidnappers by: Willo Davis Roberts

The KidnappersBy Willo Davis RobertsSep.20, 20002I read the greatest book this summer! The Kidnappers by Willo Davis Roberts takes place in the modern day about a boy who is kidnapped. A bully from school that always beats on people is standing outside the school waiting for his chauffeur and he is kidnapped. Nobody believed the only kid that saw the kidnapping because he was always making up stories. All of his family thought that he was making up another story but he told them to call Willie's parents. When they called Willie's parents their secretary said that they were busy and that was strange because they were never busy. Joey thought they had gone to dinner or someplace else. My favorite character in the book is the bully Willie. The reason I like him is because he is the main victim and everything is happening to him and he is the one that has to go through the pain and the suffering. Another reason I like him is because he sounds like he is really nice on the inside and doesn't really want to bully other people. The main reason I like him is because he is one of the main characters in the book and I like the main characters. Ii don't like that he bully's other people because I don't like when I get bullied, so I know that all of the kids are probably afraid of him. In conclusion, I liked the book because I like mystery books. The kind of reader that would like this book is someone that enjoys reading mystery books that you have to think about and try to solve on your own. Also, the kind of person that would like this book is a person that doesn't like to put a book down when they pick it up. I would like to recommend this book to anyone that is willing to read it because it is a really good book and anyone would like this book even if they didn't like to read mystery books. This book is sort of challenging to read, because if you don't pay good enough attention, then you will get lost and you won't know or understand what you are reading. This book is important to me because it shows that if you do bad things then you will have to pay the price. This book is also important to me because it shows me that if your always lying or making things up then when something really does happen, nobody will believe you. This is the greatest book that I read this summer and I hope that you will read it too.

AWSOME book

I stummbled over this book at school when i had to do a report on any book at school.and the title the kidnappers just sounded amusing and i could never get my eyes off of it!im sure to get an A on my report!

Geez that's a good book!

Joey is someone who extends his stories and has a great imagination. So no one believes him that Willy Groves, his ultimate enemy at school, has been kidnapped! He is so desperate to make someone believe him, he tells as many people as possible about the kidnapping. Big mistake! When he comes face to face with the kidnappers. This is a the kind of book that I say "geez that's a good book!

Awesome book, awesome author, what more could you ask for?

I first got introduced to Willo Davis Roberts(the author of this book)and her writing when I read Twisted Summer, another book by her, for a book report. I was fascinanted by her style and immediately checked out other books by her. One of them was The Kidnappers. When I finally got to this book through my stack of about eleven others, I started to read it, figuring it would be like every other kidnapping story. Boy, was I wrong! It turned out to be totally unpredictable, which I like about a book. I won't tell you much, only that if you don't read it, you're missing out on a great oppurtunity.