Twice Taken - Hardcover

Pfeffer, Susan Beth

3.48

244 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385320337 ISBN 13: 9780385320337

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1994

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Recognizing herself in a missing child photo, sixteen-year-old Amy Donovan/Brooke Eastman learns she has been living illegally with her father and must choose between the parent she loves and the parent from whom she was stolen. From the author of The Year Without Michael.

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From the Publisher:

It seems incredible that a call-in TV show featuring pictures of missing children could change her life so drastically, but when a 16-year-old recognizes her father in the photo on the screen, she discovers that the family who's been searching for their daughter is looking for her.

But who is she? Brooke or Amy? She's been living with her father and now learns he's taken her illegally. Who do you love when everyone says they love you? How can anyone know which parent loves you most?

Susan Beth Pfeffer delivers yet another hard-hitting novel that delves into the issues that confront real teens today.

"Lively narration, peppered with wry, insightful wit, and the story's balanced resolution make it enjoyable reading...."--School Library Journal

"Pfeffer perfectly conveys Brooke's hurt and resentment.... Readers will share Brooke's anxiety as she tries to adapt to a new family while remaining loyal to her father, and they'll understand her anger when she finally realizes the cost of her father's actions."--Booklist

"The emotions are raw...but the story combines the draw of sensational headlines with an understanding of teenage struggles."--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"The author maintains so brisk a pace and so appealingly plumbs her heroine's emotional life that the reader will want to believe in the story."--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

About the Author:

Award-winning author Susan Beth Pfeffer, has written over sixty books for children and young adults. She began her career in 1970, with the publication of her first book, Just Morgan, which she wrote her last semester at New York University.
Ms. Pfeffer's books include middle-grade novels (The Pizza Puzzle), historical fiction (Nobody's Daughter and its companion volume Justice for Emily), and young adult novels (Family of Strangers and Twice Taken). Her young adult novel About David was awarded the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award.
Her young adult novel The Year Without Michael, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and winner of the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award, was named by the American Library Association as one of the hundred best books for teenagers written between 1968-1993.
Susan Beth Pfeffer is also the author of the popular Portraits of Little Women series. Created for readers grades 3-6, each of the books in the series captures one of the beloved March sisters from Little Women--Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy--at age 10. These unforgettable heroines experience the joys and sorrows of sisterhood, family life, and a changing America.

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