“Sixteen-year-old Jennie is looking forward to hiking with her friends. Instead, she’s taken hostage by bank robbers who plan to kill her …The story is enhanced by the presence of a fourteen-year-old boy whom the kidnappers have forced into a life of crime and by a plot-complicating bout with amnesia. It’s more of a crime thriller than actual mystery, but suspense, good characterization, and cliff-hanger chapter endings move the narrative along at a fast clip.” Children‘s Literature
Description
In many ways, Jennie McGrady is just your average high schooler—but she has a peculiar knack for stumbling upon trouble. As a result, her detective skills are first-rate.
In her latest adventure, Jennie manages to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. After witnessing a bank robbery, she is abducted by the thieves and left for dead. She wants more than anything to identify her captors for police, but she can't remember them. What's worse, remembering could prove deadly.
Praise
“Sixteen-year-old Jennie is looking forward to hiking with her friends. Instead, she’s taken hostage by bank robbers who plan to kill her …The story is enhanced by the presence of a fourteen-year-old boy whom the kidnappers have forced into a life of crime and by a plot-complicating bout with amnesia. It’s more of a crime thriller than actual mystery, but suspense, good characterization, and cliff-hanger chapter endings move the narrative along at a fast clip.” Children‘s Literature
Details
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Release Day | May 14, 2015 |
| Release Date | May 15, 2015 |
| Number in Series | 13 |
| Series Display String | The Jennie McGrady Mysteries |
| Release Date Machine | 1431648000 |
| Imprint | Blackstone Publishing |
| Provider | Blackstone Publishing |
| Categories | Children's Books, Religions, Mystery & Suspense, Children/YA, Children 8-12, Fiction - All, Fiction - Child |
Author Bio
Patricia H. Rushford is the internationally known author of the Jennie McGrady mystery series for young adults as well as several other series and works of nonfiction. She has numerous awards to her credit, including an Edgar nomination and a Silver Angel Award for excellence in media. She is a registered nurse and lives in the Pacific Northwest.
Narrator Bio
Rebecca Gibel is an award-winning stage, television, and voice actress. The narrator of over fifty audiobooks, Rebecca is facile in a wide variety of genres. Rebecca has worked across the country at theaters such as Trinity Rep, Cleveland Play House, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Intiman Theatre, and the Arden Theatre Company. She holds a BA from the College of William & Mary and an MFA in acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep.
Overview
In many ways, Jennie McGrady is just your average high schooler—but she has a peculiar knack for stumbling upon trouble. As a result, her detective skills are first-rate.
In her latest adventure, Jennie manages to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. After witnessing a bank robbery, she is abducted by the thieves and left for dead. She wants more than anything to identify her captors for police, but she can't remember them. What's worse, remembering could prove deadly.
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