Hidden, Helen Frost
Hidden, Helen Frost
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Hidden

Author: Helen Frost

Narrator: Sisi Aisha Johnson, Maria Cabezas

Unabridged: 2 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/01/2012

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

Award-winning poet Helen Frost received the Michael L. Printz Honor for her acclaimed debut novel, Keesha's House. Written in free verse, Hidden is a compelling tale about an unlikely friendship between two girls. Darra Monson and Wren Abbott first cross paths when Darra's deadbeat dad is arrested for theft and kidnapping after he steals a car- unaware that Wren was sitting in the back. Years later, the girls- now teens- attend the same summer camp, and are forced to confront the fateful event that changed their lives.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Whitney on December 16, 2016

This book started out great then went downhill. It's a book about an accidental kidnapping, and the book begins with that. Those 30-ish pages were great, very atmospheric, very beautiful writing, but then there reached a point. I don't know what it is about kidnapping stories, but I always go into i......more

Goodreads review by Betsy on July 01, 2011

If poems had been introduced to me as a child as puzzles, maybe I would have taken to them a little more. A poem is a kind of puzzle, isn't it? Depending on the kind of poem you have to make the syllables and words conform to a preexisting format. Unless it's free verse, of course. Then all bets are......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on July 11, 2016

Cramathon book #6: complete! More like 3.5. This was really touching and sweet. Definitely snuck up on me. Also shout out to the Cramathon ladies for making the "read a book in verse" challenge bc I'm like 99% sure I never would have read this otherwise. Haaaaaaa......more

Goodreads review by Emily on February 03, 2023

The opening pages of this children's novel "in verse" are gripping -- a first person present tense narration from the point of view of an eight year-old girl being accidentally kidnapped. I came across a copy in a box of like-new children's books dumped on the sidewalk by a neighbor, and tried the f......more

Goodreads review by Stacy on August 30, 2018

It's a very deep book talking about two girls who met after a kidnapping. I normally don't enjoy reading fast-paced books, but this is one I enjoy reading.......more