by Nick Lake
First published 2014
Amy expects nothing but calm seas and sunshine when her family sets sail on their yacht. Instead, armed pirates board their vessel and transform the family vacation into a ransom operation. The captors assign numbers to their prisoners based on monetary worth. Amy's father becomes Hostage One, the most valuable target. Amy receives the designation Hostage Three. The pirates treat the family as merchandise in a calculated business deal. Amy struggles to accept her terrifying new reality as a commodity. Then she begins forming an unexpected connection with one of the men holding her captive. This relationship forces Amy to confront difficult truths about how people assign worth to human lives. She discovers that what someone costs and what they mean are completely different measures.
Genres: fiction, adventure, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
400 pages · Paperback · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Content warnings: kidnapping, violence