Books with author Norma Fox Mazer

What he's dreaded most has finally happened....Kidnapped. It's a word that sixteen-year-old Derek Chapman is afraid to even think, but the reality of it is beginning to sink in. He'd been standing at the bus stop in the rain with four other kids-strangers-when the van came along, and they'd hitched a ride to escape the storm.Derek knows he is the only one the kidnappers really care about--he's the son of a self-made millionaire, and now he has a price on his head. The others, two guys and two girls, just had the bad luck to follow him into the van. Although Derek is the target of the kidnappers, the danger is real for all of them. Even if the criminals get the ransom money, will all the victims be set free?

For years, when I was small, my mother told me thestory about my father. It began when she was seventeenand met this guy who looked like a prince. She marriedthe prince, bought a house, and I was born, and I waswonderful. Then one day the prince said he was going"nowhere special, " and he walked out and never cameback. For years, when I was a child, I loved the story, -- and I listened, crying and laughing at all the right.Now, I'm fourteen, and it's different. It seems to me there's something left out. Who he was, what he was like, why he left us. Why he left me..

Dearest Maman,I keep all my letters to you in my notebook under my pillow. One day, when we're together again, I'll give them to you, and we'll sit and read them....In June 1940, twelve-year-old Karin Levi's world is torn apart as the German army occupies Paris. Karin, her older brother, Marc, and their maman must flee, seeking safety wherever they can find it. But Maman falls ill and is unable to travel, forcing Karin and Marc to leave her behind. When Marc manages to obtain two coveted places aboard a ship bound for America, the distance between them grows even greater. Will Karin ever see her beloved maman again?

It starts as an ordinary school day. Just the same asany other. Until Valerie Michon gets up and leaves theauditorium. And three boys decide to follow her.She heads for the stairs and the boys run after her.They are fast, they are quiet. They don't talk about it.They just do it. It's a game. Fun. On the third floorthey catch up with her.It happens fast, so fast. It's like a dream. She yells, andtwists and turns trying to get free, but they have her...