# Stolen Children **Author:** Peg Kehret **Grade range:** Grades 4–6 **First published:** 2009 **Page count:** 165 **ISBN-13:** `9780545209595` **ISBN-10:** `0545209595` **Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/stolen-children **License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing. ## About this book Fourteen-year-old Amy's excitement over her first babysitting job ends when she and her three-year-old charge are kidnapped, but a daily video recording sent to little Kendra's parents allows Amy to send clues, in hopes of being rescued before the kidnappers decide they no longer need her. ## Where this book is assigned ### Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award - **recommended** · 4th grade · Connecticut — [source: Connecticut Library Association + Connecticut Association of School Librarians — Nutmeg Book Award (student-choice; Elementary/Intermediate/Middle/Teen; annual since 1993)](https://nutmegaward.org/) - **recommended** · 5th grade · Connecticut — [source: Connecticut Library Association + Connecticut Association of School Librarians — Nutmeg Book Award (student-choice; Elementary/Intermediate/Middle/Teen; annual since 1993)](https://nutmegaward.org/) - **recommended** · 6th grade · Connecticut — [source: Connecticut Library Association + Connecticut Association of School Librarians — Nutmeg Book Award (student-choice; Elementary/Intermediate/Middle/Teen; annual since 1993)](https://nutmegaward.org/) ### Iowa Children's Choice Award - **recommended** · 3rd grade · Iowa — [source: Iowa Children's Choice Award winners (Iowa Association of School Librarians), via Goodreads award record — 2011](https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/5606-iowa-children-s-choice-award) - **recommended** · 4th grade · Iowa — [source: Iowa Children's Choice Award winners (Iowa Association of School Librarians), via Goodreads award record — 2011](https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/5606-iowa-children-s-choice-award) - **recommended** · 5th grade · Iowa — [source: Iowa Children's Choice Award winners (Iowa Association of School Librarians), via Goodreads award record — 2011](https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/5606-iowa-children-s-choice-award) - **recommended** · 6th grade · Iowa — [source: Iowa Children's Choice Award winners (Iowa Association of School Librarians), via Goodreads award record — 2011](https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/5606-iowa-children-s-choice-award) ### Land of Enchantment Book Award - **recommended** · 4th grade · New Mexico — [source: New Mexico State Library — Land of Enchantment Book Award winner/nominee lists (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1981)](https://nmstatelibrary.org/land-of-enchantment-book-awards-40th-anniversary/) - **recommended** · 5th grade · New Mexico — [source: New Mexico State Library — Land of Enchantment Book Award winner/nominee lists (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1981)](https://nmstatelibrary.org/land-of-enchantment-book-awards-40th-anniversary/) - **recommended** · 6th grade · New Mexico — [source: New Mexico State Library — Land of Enchantment Book Award winner/nominee lists (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1981)](https://nmstatelibrary.org/land-of-enchantment-book-awards-40th-anniversary/) ### Mark Twain Readers Award - **recommended** · 4th grade · Missouri — [source: Mark Twain Readers Award winners (Missouri Association of School Librarians), via Wikipedia — 2011](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain_Award) - **recommended** · 5th grade · Missouri — [source: Mark Twain Readers Award winners (Missouri Association of School Librarians), via Wikipedia — 2011](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain_Award) - **recommended** · 6th grade · Missouri — [source: Mark Twain Readers Award winners (Missouri Association of School Librarians), via Wikipedia — 2011](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain_Award) ### Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award - **recommended** · 6th grade · Minnesota — [source: Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award winners (Minnesota Youth Reading Awards / MYRA), via Goodreads award record — 2012](https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/39542-maud-hart-lovelace-award) - **recommended** · 7th grade · Minnesota — [source: Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award winners (Minnesota Youth Reading Awards / MYRA), via Goodreads award record — 2012](https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/39542-maud-hart-lovelace-award) - **recommended** · 8th grade · Minnesota — [source: Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award winners (Minnesota Youth Reading Awards / MYRA), via Goodreads award record — 2012](https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/39542-maud-hart-lovelace-award) ### Nebraska Golden Sower Award - **recommended** · 4th grade · Nebraska — [source: Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award (student-choice; Honeybee grades 3-5 + Meadowlark grades 6-9; annual since 1981)](https://nebraskalibraries.org/GoldenSower) - **recommended** · 5th grade · Nebraska — [source: Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award (student-choice; Honeybee grades 3-5 + Meadowlark grades 6-9; annual since 1981)](https://nebraskalibraries.org/GoldenSower) - **recommended** · 6th grade · Nebraska — [source: Nebraska Library Association — Golden Sower Award (student-choice; Honeybee grades 3-5 + Meadowlark grades 6-9; annual since 1981)](https://nebraskalibraries.org/GoldenSower) ### Nevada Young Readers' Award - **recommended** · 4th grade · Nevada — [source: Nevada Library Association — Nevada Young Readers' Award, Young Reader + Intermediate divisions (student-choice; annual since 1988)](https://nevadalibraries.org/nyra) - **recommended** · 5th grade · Nevada — [source: Nevada Library Association — Nevada Young Readers' Award, Young Reader + Intermediate divisions (student-choice; annual since 1988)](https://nevadalibraries.org/nyra) - **recommended** · 6th grade · Nevada — [source: Nevada Library Association — Nevada Young Readers' Award, Young Reader + Intermediate divisions (student-choice; annual since 1988)](https://nevadalibraries.org/nyra) --- _Generated from primary-source citations indexed on ReadingList.school. 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