The Solid Gold Kid
by Norma Mazer
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Derek Chapman hitches a ride and later realizes he has unwittingly assisted in what he has dreaded and anticipated--his own kidnapping.Tags
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The teenaged son of a wealthy man is kidnapped for ransom, and four or five near strangers get hooked in for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I read this ages and ages ago, in the mid or late 70s. But I do recall that it was most definitely not a feel-good book, and didn't patronize its young adult audience -- the end was not exactly bleak, but certainly wasn't the pat, happy ending that a lot of YA books would have settled for.
I read this ages and ages ago, in the mid or late 70s. But I do recall that it was most definitely not a feel-good book, and didn't patronize its young adult audience -- the end was not exactly bleak, but certainly wasn't the pat, happy ending that a lot of YA books would have settled for.
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Norma Fox Mazer was born in New York City on May 15, 1931. She studied at Antioch College and at Syracuse University. She contributed first-person articles to pulp magazines like True Confessions and True Story. Her first juvenile novel, I, Trissy, was published in 1971. She wrote more than 30 books during her lifetime including Dear Bill, show more Remember Me?, Summer Girls, Love Boys, and Other Short Stories, Silver, Out of Control, A Figure of Speech, and Good Night, Maman. She won numerous awards including a Newbery Honor in 1988 for After the Rain, an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 1982 for Taking Terri Mueller, a Christopher Award, and an ALAN Award. From 1997 to 2006, she taught writing at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She died of brain cancer on October 17, 2009 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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