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About the Author Lois Duncan is an author from America, who is best known for her suspense novels. She sold her first story at the age of 13, but she starting submitting manuscripts to magazines at the age of 10. At the start of her career she wrote under the pen name Lois Kerry. Lois was born on April 28, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She later died on June 15, 2016 in Bradenton, Florida. After she went to college at the University of New Mexico, She had four children which were named Kaitlyn, Kerry, Brett, and Robin.

Ransom In the beginning of this story, they were just five average kids on a bus going to their houses in Valley gardens. On their way there, kidnappers Buck and Rita take Dexter, Bruce, Glenn, Jesse, and Marianne to a secluded cabin in the cold winter. After a little while being there, the children plan an escape, and they all attempt to get away in Buck's car while he sleeps. When the plan backfires, Dexter is shot, and Bruce and Glenn make a run for it. While Buck goes searching for the brothers, he accidentally drives off a cliff. Bruce later returns to the cabin and tells everyone Buck is dead, but Glenn is picked up by Marianne's step father when he is on his way to deliver the ransom money to the cabin. When Marianne's step father gets to the cabin, he points his own gun at Juan, who is collecting the ransom money. When Rite finds out about Buck's death, she attacks Juan and blames him for dragging Buck into everything. In the end, the kids walk free and the police came and arrested Juan and Rita.