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When eleven-year-old Kaci interrupts a burglary at her home, she and her nosy elderly neighbor, Mrs. Banducci, find themselves taken hostage by the ruthless burglars who are desperate for escape.
First publish date: 2000
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Willo Davis Roberts
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