Hush Little Baby

by Caroline B. Cooney

Book Overview

A teenager risks everything to protect an abandoned baby in this thriller from the bestselling author of The Face on the Milk Carton. When Kit Innes's frazzled ex-stepmother, Dusty, leaves her with an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590819747
• ISBN13: 9780590819749
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Hush Little Baby: A Supenseful Page- turner

Hush Little Baby is about a girl name Kit whose ex- stepmother thrusts a baby boy into her arms and leaves with no information about the baby. Her friend Rowen and his little sister Muffin appear and they wind up in a tornado of chasing cars and bad guys who are after Sam the Baby. You'll love this page- turning suspenseful book.

Hush Little Baby

By Caroline B. CooneyKit Innes is a typical teenage girl, but her family is a little weird. Her mom and dad got divorced, and then her dad marries a ditsy lady named Dusty, who he then divorces. Kit's father has two homes, one on the East Coast, and one on the West Coast. She also lives with her mom, in New Jersey, a few blocks away from her dad's East Coast house. One day, while her dad is on business on the West Coast, Kit goes to her dad's house in New Jersey, and while she is there, Dusty drops off a baby. Kit thinks that Dusty just wanted to show her the baby, but when Dusty puts the baby in Kit's arms, and then drives away, Kit has no idea what to do. Then, she thinks that Dusty will be back soon, but when creepy things start to happen to Kit, and the baby, Kit freaks out, and many things start to scare her.

Couldn't put it down!

Hush Little Baby is one of Cooney's better books. Every page is exciting. I couldn't put it down. It all starts when Kit Innes is handed a baby boy from her Step Mother Dusty. A dumb women who only wants to spend money.Dusty says she'll be back in an hour but that hour turns into to two then three and Kit has the face the fact that Dusty's not coming back for the anonymous baby. Through the rest of the book Kit tries to unravel the dangerous web that has been spun around her.

"Hush, Little Baby": No Lullaby for the Timid

Kit Innes makes a casual vist to her father's house only to be thrust into an afternoon of intrigue, terror, and breath-taking suspense as she must come to the aid of an abandoned baby. She must use cunning and instinct to avoid individuals who are out to harm her and the little baby she knows nothing about. The story becomes even more involved as her friends become innocently involved in a strategic came of cat-and-mouse. This novel is interesting and fast paced. It will be an excellent read for one interested in psychological thrillers.