I have to be honest, mystery is not my preferred genre. I get stressed out whenever I read a mystery. I'm not the kind of person who tries to guess the ending or figure it out as I read so I feel all the pressure and suspense of the moment. That being said Joan Lowery Nixon's The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore was a nice change of pace for me.
Christina Lattimore is from a wealthy Houston family. After a fight with her grandmother, the family matriarch and holder of the family fortune, Christina is kidnapped. But the kidnapping seems a bit off. Something is not quite right, and that feeling only continues throughout the book. I would love to say more but I really can't without spoiling the ending. Is Christina found? Are the kidnappers brought to justice? Is everything as it seems?
While mystery will never be my favorite genre, I have to admit I liked the excitement and suspense of this book. I think it helped that the book wasn't overly long. At just under 200 pages you could read it in one sitting, say on a rainy Saturday, so you can see how everything works out. The reading team at my school has discussed doing a mystery as one of the anchor books for this coming school year. I think this book may be a great anchor book. It has enough appeal for all types of students and I think they would be more willing to engage in a book as a class when they want to figure out what happens.
Solving the mystery...that's kids stuff.
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