The Delphic Choice

Johnston, Norma

ISBN 10: 0027477118 ISBN 13: 9780027477115

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1989

Synopsis

Visiting relatives in Turkey Meredith becomes involved in efforts to free her uncle a hostage negotiator for a Quaker peace mission who is taken hostage by an Islamic terrorist group

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 7 Up-- Seventeen-year-old Meredith Blake is spending time in Istanbul tending to her pregnant aunt's two children when she is faced with a Delphic choice--a choice between public and private duty. While acting as a hostage negotiator, her uncle is kidnapped by a terrorist organization who wants Meredith to relay messages between them and the United States government. Readers will be drawn into Meredith's dilemma as she realizes that the wrong choice could endanger many lives. While some passages are slightly didactic, Johnston weaves an adventurous story rich with the color of the Middle East. Teens will admire the intelligence and strength of the main character and will be intrigued by the excitement and mystery of the plot. Readers who have enjoyed Norma Johnston's other titles will find this one to be equally satisfying. --Linda L. Lowry, Baltimore County Public Library, Towson
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About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0027477118
• ISBN 13: 9780027477115
• Binding: Library Binding
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 203