Rescuing Seneca Crane by Susan Runholt

Kari and Lucas are staying in Edinburgh, Scotland with Kari’s mom. She writes for a magazine that wants her to do a piece on Seneca Crane. Seneca is only fifteen years old but a renowned concert pianist.

Kari and Lucas spend some time with Seneca and the three quickly become friends. They are glad that Seneca is just a normal girl like them without any celebrity airs. But when Seneca talks about her life, she says she isn’t normal. She doesn’t have a life; she has a schedule. With that in mind, Kari and Lucas try to do normal things they think Seneca will enjoy.

When Seneca disappears after a concert performance, Kari and Lucas are stunned. The perpetrators left a note; Seneca has been kidnapped and the ransom is high. When Kari and Lucas are babysitting a young boy that same evening, they get their first clue. Parker, the young boy, saw two men take Seneca and overhead them saying she was going to the dollhouse castle in the sky.

Lucas and Kari want to help and they know they can’t call the police. The ransom note said any police interference, and Seneca would die, so they start their own investigation. With Lucas’s credit card, and Kari’s organized thoughts, they find themselves in danger, Scotland Mist, and a mystery about to unravel.

RESCUING SENECA CRANE is an enjoyable and entertaining read. Kari and Lucas are very mature teenagers, but yet we get a glimpse of their innocence of youth as well. The mystery surrounding Seneca is tenacious, and the pages just fly by as you take part in their adventure. A wonderful read for children and young adults.