Not if I save you first by Ally Carter
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Scholastic, 2018. ISBN 9781742765945
(Age: 12+) Recommended. Themes: Thriller. Kidnapping. Conspiracies.
Alaska. Survival. Maddie and Logan were inseparable until a
kidnapping attempt was made on Logan's mother and Maddie's father
foiled the attempt. He was the bodyguard of Logan's father, the
President of the United States, and after the rescue, Maddie was
whisked off to the wilds of Alaska, and didn't hear from Logan
again. Life was tough for Maddie in Alaska; she lived in a very
isolated spot, was homeschooled and didn't have any friends. What
made it worse was that Logan her best friend didn't answer her
letters so when he turned up with two security guards to live with
her father and her, she wasn't too happy. Then Logan is kidnapped
and Maddie has to use all the skills she has learnt in the wild to
try and rescue him.
A very exciting stand-alone novel, Not if I save you first
will appeal to boys and girls alike as Maddie and Logan face the
harshness of the wilderness and the fear of what the kidnappers will
do. Through a series of letters to Logan, some never sent, the
reader is taken on Maddie's learning journey about Alaska, her
loneliness and the growth of strength and toughness that the
isolation has taught her. All these skills will be of great
assistance as she tracks Logan and his kidnapper. Meanwhile Logan
uses his photographic memory and intelligence as they try not to
lose themselves in the harsh cold conditions.
Action packed, this is a roller coaster of a story and readers will
find it very difficult to put down. Fans of Ally Carter's other
series, The Gallagher girls, Heist Society and Embassy
Row will not be disappointed and readers new to her books are
in for a treat.
Pat Pledger