Hidden

Hidden by Helen Frost
Children's Literature

Wren is eight years old and waiting in the car while her mother runs in to a convenience shop. Wren hears a gun shot and then a strange man runs out of the shop, gets in her car and drives away--with her still in the car. Wren is terrified. What happened to her mom? She stays hidden in the back of the car and eventually finds herself trapped in her kidnapper's garage. It turns out that he, too, has an eight-year-old daughter.

Fast forward many years when the girls find themselves at the same summer camp. Talk about awkward. But maybe the time has come to heal old wounds and figure out what happened all those years ago.

This is an enjoyable, quick read--written in verse. At times, the verse left me wanting a little more.