Long Live the Queen

By Ellen Emerson White

Book Overview

Being the President's daughter isn't easy, but Meg's getting used to it. She's even starting to have a life again--okay, not a normal life, but things are beginning to fall into a routine. Then it happens--machine guns blast, a van screeches to a halt, and masked men grab Meg and take her away. Meg doesn't understand what the terrorists want. She doesn't understand how her security was breached. But she does understand one thing--they have no intention of letting her live--and she has no intention of dying.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312374909
• ISBN13: 9780312374907
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Eagerly awaiting the next book...

I think I first read this book back in middle school, in the late 80's; and immediately bought The Presidents Daughter so I could read that too. I'm now 29, and after a LONG search, have FINALLY recovered an original copy of White House Autumn to complete the trilogy. Wonderful writing, who could not love Meg and her family? And I find as I get older, each time I re-read I manage to pick up more detail, more emotion, more understanding. These books are wonderful for teenagers and adults alike. I recently read that a fourth book, titled "The Queen Lives On" will be released this fall; but have yet to get confirmation from any of the publishing companies. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE reprint this series and release the next book!!! I am dying to know how Meg's life has turned out, I would love to read about her college years (and find out if she ended up dating Josh again, LOL).

We need a second edition of this book!

Any one who has read this book will agree, it needs to go to print again! Meghan Powers battles a kidnapper and personal demons in this stay-up-all-night-to-finish book. Kidnapped by a psychopath to manipulate her mother (the President!), Meg has to discover herself before she can find her way to freedom. A stark look at the emotions of people under duress. Meg serves as a real person when most books focus on too-perfect people. The book has real emotions, real feelings, and real reactions. This nail biter will have you laughing, crying, and cheering. Ellen Emerson White (also known as Zack Emerson) really captures the emotions of a young adult struggling to live her life while the world watches. Scholastic-Reprint this book!

A brilliant book that will stay with you.

This is White's third book in her "president's daughter" series (beginning with "The President's Daughter" and continuing with "White House Autumn." It's a kidnap book, but unlike other kidnap books, it's terribly real and believable--and in the end is so cathartic and powerful that it may just change your life. The heroine is kidnapped, but she isn't passive--and she's nobody's victim. A story about fighting for life and freedom, this book is an amazing achievement--and all the better if you don't know too much about the plot going in .... HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Daughter of first female president suffers harrowing kidnap

The third in this series (after THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER and WHITE HOUSE AUTUMN), but can be read alone. It's a REALLY good book, but disturbing. Teenaged Meg is the daughter of the first female president of America. She's survived school and dating (with the Secret Service nearby), but is not prepared to be kidnapped by a psychotic man who may or may not be a terrorist. The part of this book that deals with the kidnapping is very violent and disturbing, and some young girls may not want to read it. However, survivors of accidents, abuse, or other traumas may find Meg's experiences reassuring, because they'll know they are not alone. As her family worries desperately, as the FBI and the press try to track down the kidnapper with the whole world watching, Meg is alone with a man who hurts her, even breaks her bones to reinforce his orders. She doesn't know what he wants, or how to satisfy him (she even considers offering him sex, but he isn't interested). And the only way she can escape may require her to hurt herself even more. The second half of the book deals with her recovery. The doctors say she may never walk again, or regain use of one hand--she who was once a tennis champion and loved to ski. Unlike most trauma books, this one doesn't assume that everything can be healed by faith and love; Meg will be impaired for life, even with all the gains she can make through painful physical therapy. But the worst injury is to her trust in other people. She wants desperately to be left alone, not stared at and questioned and judged. How can she learn to make friends again, or even sit comfortably with her family and watch a movie? LONG LIVE THE QUEEN isn't a standard girl's adventure story; it's a tale of survival and scars, and the deep strength it takes to learn to live again. I recommend it absolutely.