Hostage
- ISBN-10
- 0141340053
- ISBN-13
- 9780141340050
- Series
- Hostage
- Category
- Bodyguards
- Pages
- 432
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Puffin
- Author
- Chris Bradford
Description
Assess the threat. Counter the danger. Escape the killzone. In a dangerous world, everyone needs protection. No one suspects that a teenager could protect someone - but Connor Reeves is no ordinary fourteen-year-old. He's a bodyguard, a martial arts expert trained in surveillance, hostage survival and unarmed combat. When he's summond to protect the President's daughter, his skills face the ultimate test. Alicia doesn't want to be guarded. she just wants to have fun. With no clue that Connor is her bodyguard, she tries to escape the Secret Service and lead him astray. But unknown to her and Connor a terrorist sleeper cell has been activated. Its mission: to take the President's daughter hostage. Acclaim for Young Samurai: 'An adventure novel to rank among the genre's best. This book earns the literary equivalent of a black belt.' Publishers Weekly
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