Dont bother with this. I sometimes browse through peoples favourite book lists on Amazon and saw a review of this: "brilliant, cant put it away, will never forget and so on"... I read it in about an hour and it will definitely not stay with me. I think its important for people to know that yes, children are abducted, children are abused and children are killed. But since this is a book that is for ages 16 up, the author could have managed in a much better way. I gave the book 2 stars, 1 for the effort and 2 for some of Elizabeth Scotts phrasing that I liked. I will never read it again and I dont recommend it ( )