| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780440238362 | | Publisher: Random House Childrens Books | | Publish Date: 5/10/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 30759435 | | Item#: R2X3RQ | | Dimensions (in Inches) 7H x 4.25L x 0.75T | | Pages: 240 |
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| | | It's a hot, hot summer, and in the depths of the Toronto Transit Authority's Lost and Found, 17-year-old Duncan is cataloging lost things and sifting through accumulated junk. And between Jacob, the cranky old man who runs the place, and the endless dusty boxes overflowing with stuff no one will ever claim, Duncan's just about had enough. Then he finds a little leather book. It's a diary filled with the dark and dirty secrets of a twisted mind, a serial killer stalking his prey in the subway. And Duncan can't make himself stop reading.
What would you do with a book like that? How far would you go to catch a madman?
And what if time was running out. . . . "From the Hardcover edition."
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Duncan is bored with his summer job working in the lost-and-found department of the Toronto subway system. Then one day, someone turns in a diary and Duncan takes a peek inside. What he reads is so disturbing that he actually goes to the police because he fears that the diary's owner is a potential serial killer. When the police refuse to investigate Duncan's claim, he and his friends take it upon themselves to find the diary's owner and prevent a murder.
| PraisePublishers Weekly
"McNamee's taut novel reads like a fast-paced nail-biter of a movie....The timing never falters, and the dialogue stays crisp. Duncan and his friends--no clean-cut do-gooders--have gritty, complex personalities. A well-tuned thriller." 11/10/2003Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"It's a fast-paced read with a satisfying payoff, especially gratifying for reluctant readers with a taste for suspense." - Karen Coats November 2003 |
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