The Detour
The Detour
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Square Fish
Annotation: Seventeen-year-old Livvy Flynn, a bestselling author of YA fiction, is kidnapped by a woman and her apparently manic daughter who have no intention of letting her go.
 
Reviews: 3
Catalog Number: #5851385
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Square Fish
Copyright Date: 2016
Edition Date: 2016 Release Date: 10/04/16
Pages: 215 pages
ISBN: 1-250-09067-9
ISBN 13: 978-1-250-09067-6
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2015013378
Dimensions: 21 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
School Library Journal

Gr 7 Up-Livvy, a successful, narcissistic teen novelist, crashes her car on the way to a writers retreat. The last thing she remembers before passing out is a creepy little girl coming at her through the window of her car. When she comes to, she discovers to her horror that she is being held prisoner in the basement of a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. Her captors, a middle-age woman and her unhinged flute-playing daughter, seem to hold a deep grudge against Livvy and plan to hold her until she figures out what she's done wrong and apologizes. As the young novelist devises her plot to escape, she analyzes her own history, puzzling out what the woman and her creepy kid could have against her. As readers learn more about the protagonist's childhood, they better understand her prickly personality. This work pays homage to Stephen King's Misery but is definitely more thriller than horror. Following the bread crumbs, discerning readers will figure out the twist long before Livvy sees it coming, but there is still a lot of satisfaction in watching Livvy's dawning understanding. VERDICT With a tidy plot and a heroine readers will eventually warm up to, this is a solid choice for thriller and mystery fans who aren't quite ready for Stephen King. Leighanne Law, Scriber Lake High School, WA

Word Count: 49,775
Reading Level: 4.4
Interest Level: 7-12
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.4 / points: 7.0 / quiz: 180681 / grade: Middle Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:3.5 / points:14.0 / quiz:Q69960
Lexile: 620L

Livvy Flynn is a big deal-she's a New York Times -bestselling author whose YA fiction has sold all over the world. She's rich, she's famous, she's gorgeous, and she's full of herself. When she's invited to an A-list writer's conference, she decides to accept so she can have some time to herself. She's on a tight deadline for her next book, and she has no intention of socializing with the other industry people at the conference. And then she hits the detour. Before she knows it, her brand new car is wrecked, she's hurt, and she's tied to a bed in a nondescript shack in the middle of nowhere. A woman and her apparently manic daughter have kidnapped her. And they have no intention of letting her go. From S. A. Bodeen, the author of such thrilling novels as The Compound, The Fallout and The Raft , comes The Detour, a chilling account about a kidnapping and one girl's desperate attempts to escape her captors. "[A] tongue-in-cheek homage to Stephen King's Misery ." -- Publishers Weekly


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