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Choose Your Own Adventure #116
Kidnapped!
Invited to the mansion of a friend, the wealthy Jason, readers decide their own fate in an interactive adventure when Jason's security guards are overcome and Jason and the reader are kidnapped
129 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
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About the author
Edward Packard
170 books127 followersEdward Packard attended and graduated from both Princeton University and Columbia Law School. He was one of the first authors to explore the idea of gamebooks, in which the reader is inserted as the main character and makes choices about the direction the story will go at designated places in the text.
The first such book that Edward Packard wrote in the Choose Your Own Adventure series was titled "Sugarcane Island", but it was not actually published as the first entry in the Choose Your Own Adventure Series. In 1979, the first book to be released in the series was "The Cave of Time", a fantasy time-travel story that remained in print for many years. Eventually, one hundred eighty-four Choose Your Own Adventure books would be published before production on new entries to the series ceased in 1998. Edward Packard was the author of many of these books, though a substantial number of other authors were included as well.
In 2005, Choose Your Own Adventure books once again began to be published, but none of Edward Packard's titles have yet been included among the newly-released books.
The first such book that Edward Packard wrote in the Choose Your Own Adventure series was titled "Sugarcane Island", but it was not actually published as the first entry in the Choose Your Own Adventure Series. In 1979, the first book to be released in the series was "The Cave of Time", a fantasy time-travel story that remained in print for many years. Eventually, one hundred eighty-four Choose Your Own Adventure books would be published before production on new entries to the series ceased in 1998. Edward Packard was the author of many of these books, though a substantial number of other authors were included as well.
In 2005, Choose Your Own Adventure books once again began to be published, but none of Edward Packard's titles have yet been included among the newly-released books.
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November 13, 2018
There are boys one is wealthy and you. Both of you get kidnapped. Make wise decisions or cause your doom. In this book I ended up reuniting with Carlos but go stuck in this other world.
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November 24, 2018
Exactly what it says on the cover. You get kidnapped and have to escape. No twists or turns or aliens, and so considerably less fun than some of the others in the series.
January 5, 2020
Weak for Mr. Packard, average for the series. Better than average illustrations.
June 22, 2012
Kidnapped! by Edward Packard is #116 in the Choose Your Own Adventure series. The plot finds you and a wealthy friend being kidnapped(!) by a pair of murderous thugs who plan on making their getaway by boat on the ocean. Like a lot of Packard's books that I've read after the 100 mark in the series this one really dragged and felt uninspired.
My reading of the book went as follows. It took eight pages before coming across the first choice. And this book really jumps around so you go from page 5 to page 70 to page 6 to page 53, etc. It's a little irritating and unnecessary. Anyway on my first choice I tried to escape, succeeded (after being asked if I was really, really sure I didn't want to stay kidnapped), and the book ended. A little underwhelming. So I went back and did the other path. It was another seven pages until my second choice. Again I decided to escape and again immediately succeeded thus ending my reading. A little perturbed at the author's insistence that I either stay kidnapped or stop reading I went back again and chose the other path. And it was another six pages until my third choice. Of course I escaped again and of course the book immediately ended. Going back and again choosing the stay-kidnapped path it was another five pages before the next choice and I had had enough.
A few random thoughts:
The second time I escaped the hospital I recovered in was insanely insistent on not letting anyone visit me. Visitors weren't allowed to see me for a week while I was in bed with some broken bones and internal bleeding. And then when my kidnapped friend does comes to thank me the nurse angrily kicks him out.
The art by Frank Bolle is fine and mostly consistent (from what amount I read) except for one scene being drawn at night when it took place in the day. None of it really caught my eye but seems to be more the redundant nature of spending most of the book on a little boat then anything else. I think his drawings of nature and vehicles are better than his drawings of people (except for maybe one sinister face in a dark car interior).
It's unusual for the series to reference actual companies but there's a UPS truck both mentioned and drawn in this book. Unfortunately it inadvertently helps the criminals elude the police. FedEx would never have done such a thing.
My reading of the book went as follows. It took eight pages before coming across the first choice. And this book really jumps around so you go from page 5 to page 70 to page 6 to page 53, etc. It's a little irritating and unnecessary. Anyway on my first choice I tried to escape, succeeded (after being asked if I was really, really sure I didn't want to stay kidnapped), and the book ended. A little underwhelming. So I went back and did the other path. It was another seven pages until my second choice. Again I decided to escape and again immediately succeeded thus ending my reading. A little perturbed at the author's insistence that I either stay kidnapped or stop reading I went back again and chose the other path. And it was another six pages until my third choice. Of course I escaped again and of course the book immediately ended. Going back and again choosing the stay-kidnapped path it was another five pages before the next choice and I had had enough.
A few random thoughts:
The second time I escaped the hospital I recovered in was insanely insistent on not letting anyone visit me. Visitors weren't allowed to see me for a week while I was in bed with some broken bones and internal bleeding. And then when my kidnapped friend does comes to thank me the nurse angrily kicks him out.
The art by Frank Bolle is fine and mostly consistent (from what amount I read) except for one scene being drawn at night when it took place in the day. None of it really caught my eye but seems to be more the redundant nature of spending most of the book on a little boat then anything else. I think his drawings of nature and vehicles are better than his drawings of people (except for maybe one sinister face in a dark car interior).
It's unusual for the series to reference actual companies but there's a UPS truck both mentioned and drawn in this book. Unfortunately it inadvertently helps the criminals elude the police. FedEx would never have done such a thing.
April 8, 2015
This one of the best Choose your own adventure books I have ever read. I love all the creative endings and how action packed it was. I am very impressed by the book and would recommend this book to any young reader looking for a very awesome choose your own adventure book.
July 9, 2013
the adventures that I went through when I was bored I just read these books over and over again you would never get to the end of the story.
September 27, 2017
Not enough choices :(
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