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OLDER FICTION
Massey, David

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314 pp. | Scholastic/Chicken House | August, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-545-66128-7 $18.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-545-66129-4
(4) YA In this ripped-from-the-headlines thriller, six extreme athletes (some are disabled teen military veterans) on a charity cruise are taken hostage by the Lord's Resistance Army and ushered into the African jungle by a band of child soldiers. Personal challenges--and a romance--add to the (somewhat contrived) drama in this novel long on exoticism and a little short on meaning.
Reviewer: Norah Piehl

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