8 must-read suspense books like Stolen Children by Peg Kehret

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Stolen Children

By: Peg Kehret

3.66

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Amy learned a lot in her babysitting course, but not what to do if two thugs show up, intent on kid…

If you liked the suspense plot in Stolen Children by Peg Kehret , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Night She Disappeared

By: April Henry

3.94

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

Gabie drives a Mini Cooper. She also works part time as a delivery girl at Pete’s Pizza. One night,… read more

Similar categories in April Henry's The Night She Disappeared book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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2. Wait Till Helen Comes

By: Mary Downing Hahn

4.12

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Beware of Helen... Heather is such a whiny little brat. Always getting Michael and me into trou… read more

Similar categories in Mary Downing Hahn's Wait Till Helen Comes book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"WHEN YOU'RE READING YOU SHOULD PRETEND YOU'RE REALLY THERE BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE THE BOOK MOR INTERESTING!"

-Mary Downing Hahn, Wait Till Helen Comes

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3. The Girl I Used to Be

By: April Henry

3.89

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

Fourteen years ago, a three-year-old girl was the only survivor at a horrific murder scene. Now she… read more

Similar categories in April Henry's The Girl I Used to Be book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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4. Deep and Dark and Dangerous (A Ghost Story)

By: Mary Downing Hahn

4.20

Format: 187 pages, Hardcover

Just before summer begins, 13-year-old Ali finds an odd photograph in the attic. She knows the two … read more

Similar categories in Mary Downing Hahn's Deep and Dark and Dangerous (A Ghost Story) book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
"The water is DEEP AND DARK AND DANGEROUS"

-Mary Downing Hahn, Deep and Dark and Dangerous (A Ghost Story)

"The lake's deep...and dark...and dangerous."

-Mary Downing Hahn, Deep and Dark and Dangerous (A Ghost Story)

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5. Girl, Stolen (Girl, Stolen #1)

By: April Henry

4.00

Format: None pages,

Sixteen-year-old Cheyenne Wilder is sleeping in the back of the car while her stepmom fills a presc… read more

Similar categories in April Henry's Girl, Stolen (Girl, Stolen #1) book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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6. The Raft

By: S.A. Bodeen

3.88

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Robie is an experienced traveler. She's taken the flight from Honolulu to the Midway Atoll, a group… read more

Similar categories in S.A. Bodeen's The Raft book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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7. The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die

By: April Henry

5.00

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

"Take her out back and finish her off." She doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know where she is,… read more

Similar categories in April Henry's The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller

8. The Underground Abductor (An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman) (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, #5)

By: Nathan Hale

5.00

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Araminta Ross was born a slave in Delaware in the early 19th century. Slavery meant that her family… read more

Similar categories in Nathan Hale's The Underground Abductor (An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman) (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, #5) book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

  • middle grade
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9. Stolen Children

By: Peg Kehret

3.66

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Amy learned a lot in her babysitting course, but not what to do if two thugs show up, intent on kid… read more

Similar categories in Peg Kehret's Stolen Children book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Blood Will Tell (Point Last Seen, #2) by April Henry

10. Blood Will Tell (Point Last Seen, #2)

By: April Henry

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

What happens when someone who's only ever wanted to be a hero becomes a suspect? When a woman's bod… read more

Similar categories in April Henry's Blood Will Tell (Point Last Seen, #2) book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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11. Dead to You

By: Lisa McMann

3.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Some memories are better left untouched. Ethan was abducted from his front yard when he was just se… read more

Similar categories in Lisa McMann's Dead to You book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult

12. Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones (Scary Stories, #3)

By: Stephen Gammell , Alvin Schwartz

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Storytellers know -- just as they have for hundreds and hundreds of years -- that everyone enjoys a… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Gammell's Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones (Scary Stories, #3) book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

13. Love, Aubrey

By: Suzanne LaFleur

3.79

Format: 249 pages,

"I had everything I needed to run a household: a house, food, and a new family. From now on it woul… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne LaFleur's Love, Aubrey book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

14. Took: A Ghost Story

By: Mary Downing Hahn

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Hardcover

"Folks say Old Auntie takes a girl and keeps her fifty years--then lets her go and takes another on… read more

Similar categories in Mary Downing Hahn's Took: A Ghost Story book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

15. Count All Her Bones (Girl, Stolen, #2)

By: April Henry

4.32

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

Cheyenne sets out to save her former captor in this much-anticipated sequel to Girl, Stolen. Six mo… read more

Similar categories in April Henry's Count All Her Bones (Girl, Stolen, #2) book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

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16. The Girl in the White Van

By: April Henry

3.87

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A teen is snatched after her kung fu class and must figure out how to escape—and rescue another kid… read more

Similar categories in April Henry's The Girl in the White Van book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

  • young adult
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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17. The Girl in the Locked Room: A Ghost Story

By: Mary Downing Hahn

3.79

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Ghost story master Mary Downing Hahn unrolls the suspenseful, spine-chilling yarn of a girl impriso… read more

Similar categories in Mary Downing Hahn's The Girl in the Locked Room: A Ghost Story book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • fiction
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18. Run, Hide, Fight Back

By: April Henry

3.83

Format: 241 pages, Hardcover

Six teens must band together to survive after a shooting breaks out. When a deadly shooting brea… read more

Similar categories in April Henry's Run, Hide, Fight Back book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • suspense
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Come Out, Come Out, Whatever You Are by Kathryn Foxfield

19. Come Out, Come Out, Whatever You Are

By: Kathryn Foxfield

3.55

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

Welcome to the reality game show that'll scare you to death! Have you got what it takes to last the… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Foxfield's Come Out, Come Out, Whatever You Are book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • young adult
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20. The Lonely Dead

By: April Henry

3.72

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A killer is on the loose, and only one girl has the power to find him. But in this genre-bending YA… read more

Similar categories in April Henry's The Lonely Dead book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Breathe: A Ghost Story by Cliff McNish

21. Breathe: A Ghost Story

By: Cliff McNish

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Jack is used to danger. His asthma has nearly killed him more than once. But his new home has a dan… read more

Similar categories in Cliff McNish's Breathe: A Ghost Story book and Peg Kehret's Stolen Children

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult

15 Best fiction books like Stolen Children by Peg Kehret

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The Night She Disappeared

April Henry

3.94

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Wait Till Helen Comes

Mary Downing Hahn

4.12

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The Girl I Used to Be

April Henry

3.89

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Deep and Dark and Dangerous (A Ghost Story)

Mary Downing Hahn

4.20

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Wait Till Helen Comes

Mary Downing Hahn

4.12

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Uprising

Margaret Peterson Haddix

4.19

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The Old Willis Place

Mary Downing Hahn

4.14

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Mary Downing Hahn

4.20

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