Kidnapped

Start-to-Finish: Blue The Start-to-Finish Blue collection is a high-interest, considerate reading series designed to promote independent reading for struggling readers aged 9 to 17 years but reading at a 4th-5th grade level. Each set consists of a paperback book, a computer CD ROM book, an audio book and a teacher's guide. NOTE: A portable USB DVD writer is available for loan if your computer system does not have a CD/DVD drive. The story of Kidnapped takes place in 1751, six years after a fierce Scottish rebellion against King George. When modest 17-year-old David Balfour discovers that he may be the rightful heir to a rich estate, his greedy lowland Scottish uncle has him kidnapped to be sent to America as a slave. Accidentally joining forces with Alan Breck, a fiercely unrepentant Scottish rebel and soldier of fortune, David escapes his fate as a slave, but finds himself instead fleeing desperately across the Scottish highlands as a fugitive from unjust charges of political assassination.