stormcatchers

__Storm Catchers__ by Tim Bowler ISBN: 0-689-84573-1 c2001 200 pages

pp. 4-8 where Ella hears a noise, investigates, and ends up being kidnapped
 * Good sections to read aloud:**

Ella and her brother, Fin, are supposed to both be home watching their younger brother, Sam while their parents are out for the night. Fin decides to go off and leave Ella home alone with Sam even though he knows how bad Ella hates to be in their house alone at night. Ella’s worse fears come true when she hears a noise, investigates and ends up being kidnapped. Fin feels horrible when he arrives home and realizes that Ella (and Sam) are nowhere to be found (Sam is found later hiding). He has to tell his parents the truth...that if he were there this probably wouldn’t have happened. The kidnapper phones as soon as Fin’s parents arrive home and demands money and lots of it. In return he makes no promises that Ella will even be brought back alive!
 * Summary:**

YA fiction: mystery; kidnapping; family problems

©Jennifer Lang - WDMS 2003