Today @KirkusReviews...

...in honor of Kevin Brooks' recent Carnegie win, I take a look at a few YA kidnapping stories:

I’m not going to get into the whole “YA: IS IT TOO DARK?” debate—did Craig and Bradbury’s outrage make them forget that we had this same conversation a mere three years ago? Instead, since we American readers won’t have access to The Bunker Diary until Spring 2015, I’m going to round up a few other stories about teens in captivity.