Someone Is Hiding on Alcatraz Island [Paperback]

Eve Bunting (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 1986

When Danny saves an old woman from a mugger's attack, he doesn't expect to tangle with the toughest gang in school. He didn't know the mugger is the gangleader's brother. Desperation overcomes his fear when he heads to Alcatraz Island to escape the gang's revenge--and terror turns to action when he realizes they've followed him.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (December 15, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425102947
• ISBN-13: 978-0425102947
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #737,377 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #73 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Teens > Mysteries

More About the Author

Eve Bunting has written more than 200 books for children, many of which can be found in libraries around the world. Her other Clarion titles for very young readers include My Big Boy Bed, which was also illustrated by Maggie Smith, and Little Bear's Little Boat, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter. She lives in Pasadena, California.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "Good, When you start reading this book you can't stop!", January 26, 2000

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Jared Clark - 6th Grader (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Someone Is Hiding on Alcatraz Island (Paperback)

The book begins in California during the summertime. The main character Danny is trying to stay away from the "outlaws", a group of four teenagers Cowboy, Priest, Jellybean, and Maxie. The outlaws always get into trouble. Danny is trying to stay away from them because he helped an old lady get her purse back from on of the outlaws relatives. And then one day he ran into them and before he knew it all of them and a girl named biddy was on Alcatraz Island.

I got his book because it was the best book I could find. I thought this book would be about someone that got lost on Alcatraz Island. Just by looking at the cover I thought that I chose the right book. When I was done the book, it wasn't what I thought it would be like. When I was done the book I still thought that I had found the right book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great reading for all ages!, June 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Someone Is Hiding on Alcatraz Island (Paperback)

This book is filled with humor, suspense, as well as a little action. I read it in Jr. High. As a Senior in High School, I still love it! I highly reccommend Someone Is Hiding On Alcatraz Island to anyone! Great work Eve Bunting!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Someones Hiding on Alcatraz Island Review, June 5, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Someone Is Hiding on Alcatraz Island (Paperback)

I've never been or seen Alcatraz Island but in this book Eve Bunting gives me a clear feeling and thought of what it is and how it was for prisoners. In "Someone's Hiding on Alcatraz Island a boy messes around with the thugs in his school and ends up being chased by them all around Alcatraz Island in a wild goose chase with suspense and peril. I think in this story the author portrays a good sense of melancholy by having the story take place on Alcatraz Island. It puts such a dark glooming effect on the story and encourages the reader to keep reading. When I read it I couldn't stop because I just kept anticipating what would happen next and I had to figure it out.
This book also greatly draws out villains in your head and how tough and mean they actually are and how being chased by them would be such a miserable thing. She truly paints a picture in my head how they are. Overall I think this was a great spine-tingling thriller. I liked the book very much. In the future I would maybe get another one of Eve Buntings books because I truly liked this book a lot. I would recommend it to anyone.