Brown,+Quezetta

This is what is said by both 3-year-old twins Kelly and Kathy when being yelled at to go back to bed. If you are thinking that these girls' parents are just really mean well, they're not. Kelly and Kathy were kidnapped! While the girls wait to go back to their mother and father, their mother and father are at their house doing the same by a phone and with the police. They are waiting by the phone with the police because this is the only way they can communicate with the kidnappers. When the phone rings a mystery caller, who has probably teamed with the kidnappers, demands eight million dollars to exchange for Kathy and Kelly. When the decision is made by the police and the parents to accept the offer, they pick a location where the exchange will be held. As the moment approaches for the exchange, the parents become more and more anxious to see their children but what happens next, at the exchange, no one sees comming.
 * “Go back to bed you too!” Kathy and Kelly saw the anger on their kidnapper’s face and began to cry, “Mommy… Daddy!” **


 * About the Author **

Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney know as Mary Higgins Clark is an American author of suspense novels. She was born on December 24, 1927 in the Bronx, New York. At age eleven her father died, but that did not stop her from helping provide for her family. After high school she worked as a secretary and then as a stewardess. Mary also earned an income by selling short stories, her first book was published in 1956. Though this was good, her success came when she wrote her first suspense novel call "Where's the Children?". "Where's the Children" instantly became a best seller! Over the next decade, Mary wrote more than twenty-four suspense novels and sold over three times that in the United States alone, in France she is a bestselling author also! As one last accomplishment, Ms Mary Higgins Clark is an inspiration behind the Mystery Writers of America's Mary Higgins Clark Award; what more could an author ask for than to have an award named after her/him?!


 * Other Works by Mary Higgins Clark **[[image:http://www.posters555.com/pictures/Baby-Blues-movie-poster-(2007)-picture-MOV_8d6e4383.jpg width="129" height="180" align="right"]]

Being a very successful author, Mary has written many other suspensiveful bestsellers. In fact, she wrote and sold over 27! "The Cradle Will Fall" is one of her best sellers that was modernized into a movie made in 2008 called //Baby Blues.//She wrote many other suspense novels such as; "The Shadow Of Your Smile", "Where are the Children", and "On the Street Where You Live". She also wrote best seller with the help of her daughter, Carol Higgins Clark. These novels include "Deck the Halls", "He Sees You When Your Sleeping", "The Christmas Thief", and "Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea".


 * Social Issue Relevance **

Kidnapping is a very serious issue that effects many families in the United States. Though not all kidnappers are cought, the ones who are charged with comitting this criminal offense, has a possibility of being sentenced to life in prison. Although this consequence still stands, children are still being abducted everyday. According to the Vanished Children's Alliance, in the United States over 2,000 children (under the age of 18) are reported abducted or missing everyday. More that forty-three percent of children that are kidnapped are under the age of six. Do not let this happen to any of your family members. For more information visit the sites below. [] [] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Works Cited: [] []

Dramatization of the book

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 * If I were to make a movie for this book, I would cast Mary-Kate and Ashly as the twins because they were always together when they were younger, just like the twins in this book were. I would cast Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt as Mr. and Mrs. Frawely because they are a couple in real life and I thought they were amazing together in the movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith". I would cast Rutina Wesley as the woman who takes Kathy because, as one of the main actresses in True Blood, she was always good at portraying the crazy one. Lastly, I would cast Johnny Depp as the main FBI agent because he is very creative and could bring the plot of this novel to a whole new level of intensity.**

Mary-Kate and Ashly:.:.:.:.:Angelina and Brad.:.:.:.:.:.Rutina Wesley:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:Johnny Depp

About the Reader


 * I grew up in a small neighboorhood in Columbus, Ohio called Brittiany Hills. Late in my 8th grade year I moved to Gahanna and attended Middle School West. I was "promoted" from middle school to high school and now i go to Gahanna Lincoln High School. I have two brothers, two dogs, and I live with my mom and dad. I absolutly love to play tennis and hanging with my little neice. I also enjoy reading suspenceful novels like the books by Marry Higgins Clark!**