Prove Yourself a Hero

by K.M. Peyton

Book Overview

Cycling home after his guitar lesson, Jonathan becomes a kidnapping victim. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0529054523
• ISBN13: 9780529054524
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Collins & World
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Victim to Victor

16-year-old Jonathan Meredith really goes from the poor victim to the victor in this book. Any Junior to Senior High student would love this action and drama filled story. Jonathan is kidnapped on his way home from school and after three terrifying days is released only to find a sort of hostility at home about the ransom money lost. He finds and confronts his abductor and feels more confident about himself and proves to be a hero.

Wonderful Reading!

Prove yourself a Hero, though old, is a spectacular book whichI have read over and over. Peyton really sets you into the middle ofthe action with her words and descrptions of a kidnapping of a teenage boy. THIS IS A GREAT BOOK!

Psychological aftermath of kidnapping handled sensitively

Mrs. Peyton approaches the well-worn kidnapping genre from a fresh angle, delving into the psychological aftermath experienced by the victim. Anti-hero Jonathan Meredith, featured in several of her other books, is compelled by a guilty conscience into seeking out his abductors. Peyton's prose is, as always with her contemporary ya's, fresh and clear. The ultimate resolution is clever and satisfying.