YA Fiction book involving a kidnapped daughter?
March 8, 2012 8:30 AM Subscribe
Help me find this YA fiction book wherein the president's daughter is kidnapped and ends up escaping.
I remember that she has to break the bones in her hand, particularly her thumb, to escape from being chained up in the cave/mine shaft (where she was left to die towards the end of the book).
I remember she starts getting some serious Stockholm Syndrome and shares a beer with one of her kidnappers, that one brings her some McDonalds type fast food, and that she was originally tied to a bed. I think they also broke one or both of her legs, but I could be confusing that with King's "Misery" for some reason.
And that it was set in "modern times", that being somewhere between 1980 and 1999, I think. There might also be "president" somewhere in the title. I remember the cover, at the time, had a Caucasian girl with long dark brown hair.
There might also be a sequel.
I remember that she has to break the bones in her hand, particularly her thumb, to escape from being chained up in the cave/mine shaft (where she was left to die towards the end of the book).
I remember she starts getting some serious Stockholm Syndrome and shares a beer with one of her kidnappers, that one brings her some McDonalds type fast food, and that she was originally tied to a bed. I think they also broke one or both of her legs, but I could be confusing that with King's "Misery" for some reason.
And that it was set in "modern times", that being somewhere between 1980 and 1999, I think. There might also be "president" somewhere in the title. I remember the cover, at the time, had a Caucasian girl with long dark brown hair.
There might also be a sequel.
Best answer: Could it be Long Live the Queen from the President's Daughter series?
posted by cider at 8:37 AM on March 8, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by cider at 8:37 AM on March 8, 2012 [2 favorites]
Seconding Long Live the Queen, that's definitely it!
posted by beyond_pink at 8:50 AM on March 8, 2012
posted by beyond_pink at 8:50 AM on March 8, 2012
Long Live the Queen, with zilch ambiguity. There is a sequel, Long May She Reign.
posted by Snarl Furillo at 11:34 AM on March 8, 2012
posted by Snarl Furillo at 11:34 AM on March 8, 2012
I suspect that fans of this book may also like Peter Dickinson's alternate-history mystery-adventure with a young, female heroine, King and Joker.
posted by dhartung at 12:45 PM on March 8, 2012
posted by dhartung at 12:45 PM on March 8, 2012
Response by poster: Omg, I really do adore the people of Metafilter. Y'all are like,
"Here's the exact book you asked for, the series it belongs to, and oh, hey, try this book as well!"
:-D
posted by DisreputableDog at 2:11 PM on March 8, 2012
"Here's the exact book you asked for, the series it belongs to, and oh, hey, try this book as well!"
:-D
posted by DisreputableDog at 2:11 PM on March 8, 2012
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posted by FAMOUS MONSTER at 8:37 AM on March 8, 2012 [2 favorites]