King's ransom / by Ed. McBain ; retold by Rosalie Kerr
By: Kerr, Rosalie
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Contributor(s): McBain, Ed. King's ransom.
Material type:
BookSeries: Oxford Bookworms Library. Stage 5, Crime & Mystery.Publisher: Oxford, England : OUP, c2008Edition: Simplified ed.Description: 104 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780194792301.Subject(s): Carella, Steve (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Readers for new literates | Crime & mystery fiction | Kidnapping -- Fiction | Language readers | Suspense fiction, American -- 20th century | English | Detective and mystery stories -- Fiction | Crime | English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers | Fiction for Emergent ReadersGenre/Form: Readers. | Detective and mystery stories. | Crime. | Emergent Readers.DDC classification: 428.6 KER Summary: The police at the 87th Precinct hate kidnappers. And these kidnappers are stupid, too. They took the wrong boy - the chauffeur's son instead of the son of the rich tycoon, Douglas King. And they want a ransom of $500,000. A lot of money. But it's not too much to pay for a little boy's life, is it?
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 428.6 KER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38888000608863 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story.David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.
The police at the 87th Precinct hate kidnappers. And these kidnappers are stupid, too. They took the wrong boy - the chauffeur's son instead of the son of the rich tycoon, Douglas King. And they want a ransom of $500,000. A lot of money. But it's not too much to pay for a little boy's life, is it?
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Ed McBain is a pen name for Evan Hunter who was born in 1926 in East Harlem, New York on October 15, 1926. Hunter was born with the name Salvatore Albert Lombino, and he legally adopted the name Evan Hunter in 1952. During World War II, Hunter joined the Navy and served aboard a destroyer in the Pacific. He graduated from Hunter College, were he majored in English and psychology, with minors in dramatics and education.He was a prolific writer who also wrote under the names of Ed McBain, Curt Cannon, Hunt Collins, Ezra Hannon, and Richard Marsten. His first major success came in 1954 with the publication of The Blackboard Jungle, which was later adapted as a film. He published the first three books in the 87th Precinct series in 1956 under the name of Ed McBain. He also wrote juvenile books, plays, television scripts, and stories and articles for magazines. He won the Mystery Writers of America Award in 1957 and the Grand Master Award in 1986 for lifetime achievement. He died of laryngeal cancer on July 6, 2005 at the age of 78.
(Bowker Author Biography)