Kidnapped

Written by: Willo Davis Roberts

First line: It's a mistake to earn the reputation of being a liar. 

Why you should read this book: Joey Bishop is known for telling tall tales, so when he tells people that he witnessed his classmate/enemy Willie Groves getting kidnapped after school, he gets mocked and lectured and patronized and chastised and reminded about the boy who cried wolf, but not believed. Joey is no fan of Willie, but his vivid imagination suggests such horrible outcomes that he continues to talk about the kidnapping until some adult, any adult, will listen. Unfortunately for Joey, it turns out that the wrong adult was listening all along. 

Why you shouldn't read this book: Some of the plot points are, perhaps, a little bit convenient.