Clay

By Colby Rodowsky

Book Overview

"I'm Linda Clay McGee and I don't belong here." Elsie McPhee and her brother, Tommy, are hiding a terrible secret. They've been kidnapped -- not by a stranger, but by their mother. It is lonely and scary always hiding, moving, and not being allowed to make friends or to talk to people. Elsie even remembers the kidnapping, but she's so scared of her mother, she can't say or do anything. Then Tommy gets sick, and Elsie needs to get help -- fast. But that means she has to leave the apartment. What if she gets caught? Does Elsie have the courage to help her brother even if it means breaking her mother's rules?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060006188
• ISBN13: 9780060006181
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

An involving, moving story of parental kidnapping

Elsie and her younger disabled brother have been taken from their father by their mother - now they are leading a life hiding from family and all they have known. It's all up to Elsie to care for her brother, and when danger enters their lives, it's up to Elsie to make a decision which will change their paths forever. An involving, moving story of parental kidnapping.