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Ransom (Duncan novel)

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Ransom
First edition cover art
AuthorLois Duncan
LanguageEnglish
Genre
PublisherDoubleday
Pages172
OCLC1286149
LC Class66013196

Ransom (reprinted under the title Five Were Missing)[1] is a 1966 thriller novel by Lois Duncan.[2][3] Its plot follows a group of children who are kidnapped and held hostage on a school bus. It marked Duncan's first foray into the suspense and thriller genre, and was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award.[4]

Plot

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Marianne Paget, Bruce Kirtland, Glenn Kirtland, Jesse French, and Dexter Barton, students in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are abducted on their school bus by a gang of kidnappers. The criminals demand $15,000 ransoms for each child, which their respective parents scramble to produce. Meanwhile, the five youths attempt to find a way to escape the situation themselves.

Accolades

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References

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  1. ^ Five Were Missing. OCLC 1452752 – via WorldCat.
  2. ^ "Lois Duncan". The Alliance for the Study and Teaching of Adolescent Literature at Rhode Island College (ric.edu). February 9, 2006. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  3. ^ Writers Directory. Springer. 1983. p. 340. ISBN 978-1-349-03650-9.
  4. ^ a b Eccleshare, Julia (June 28, 2016). "Lois Duncan obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
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