Thursday, November 19, 2020

That Time I Got Kidnapped by Tom Mitchell - OPTIONAL

That Time I Got Kidnapped by Tom Mitchell
, 320 pages. Harper, 2020. $8 (paperback) 

Language: PG (12 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: G; Violence: G (some danger) 

BUYING ADVISORY: MS - OPTIONAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

14yo Jacob Clark has won an all expenses paid trip from his London home to Hollywood to be an extra in a secret superhero movie. When he misses his connection in Chicago, though, he ends up on a bus and involved with a runaway, Jennifer. Jennifer has fled from her grandmother, having grabbed her mother’s ashes and now she is trying to evade the Cowboy, her grandmother’s fixer. Together the pair are on the run (Jacob is just nice that way) and desperate to get to LA. 

Mitchell has written an over the top road trip book. Get ready to suspend belief in order to get into this. Kids who like super silly action will enjoy. 

Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS 

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