The Famous Stanley Kidnapping Case (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781481424707)

Five stepsiblings must escape their foreign captors in this breathtaking second book in the Stanley Family series, a companion to The Headless Cupid, from three-time Newbery Honor winner Zipha Keatley Snyder.

The Stanley family is moving to Italy! David, Janie, and twins Esther and Blair are thrilled. But their moody stepsister Amanda, thwarted from spending time in California with her father, spends the trip alternately moping or boasting about how rich her father is. And precocious Janie translates everything Amanda says to all the neighbors.

But such bragging does not go unnoticed. One terrible night, the children are kidnapped. David tries to make friends with the kidnappers to protect his family. But that's hard to do when Janie lectures them on how to write a ransom note and Esther complains about the terrible food. Can David and Amanda use their siblings' hijinks to outsmart the kidnappers?

Author: Zilpha Keatley Snyder
ISBN-10: 148142470X
ISBN-13: 9781481424707
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 08/26/2014
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 7.61h x 5.14w x 0.45d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
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