About this title: Meg has learned to feel comfortable with having a mother who is President of the United States--until she is kidnapped. Her abductors mercilessly brutalize her until she finally escapes, but not without reliving her terrifying ordeal over and over. A story of Meg's courage and the struggle to put her life back together.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780590408516ISBN:0590408518
Description: Good. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780590408516ISBN:0590408518
Description: Good. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: School & Library Binding
Publisher: Scholastic Trade
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780590408509ISBN:059040850X
Description: Acceptable in Acceptable jacket. Ex-library; fair condition for ex-library; flyleaf torn out; spine slightly loose Overall below average used book. May have highlighting, underlining, notes, price sticker on cover, or be an ex-library book. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780590408516ISBN:0590408518
Description: Good. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780590408516ISBN:0590408518
Description: Good. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780590408516ISBN:0590408518
Description: Good. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Hawk Publishing Group
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781930709263ISBN:1930709269
Description: Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 343 p. President's Daughter, 3. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780312374907ISBN:0312374909
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Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1989, New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780590408509ISBN:059040850X
Description: Good in Good jacket. Ex-Library Hard Cover. First Printing. Ex-Library. Hardcover book with plastic wrapped dust jacket. Ex. lib. markings inside and sticker on spine. Spine a bit tipped. Otherwise good condition. Novel. shelf M-7. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780590408516ISBN:0590408518
Description: Good. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
"Meg's family has faced some pretty rocky times in the last couple of years. Her mother, now Madame President Powers, is still recovering from an shocking attack (albeit out of the public eye) and Meg's family seems to now be, not-surprisingly, closer and more tight-knit than ever. Meg's biggest worry is finishing up her senior year while trying to avoid the ever-present reporters who follow her families' every move when the unthinkable happens: Meg is brutally kidnapped by terrorists and forced to endure more than she ever imagined. Meg isn't sure why she was taken or even where, but she knows the terrorists have no plans to let her live. Which quickly becomes her only goal.
Meg goes through some truly horrific stuff in this novel. She's beaten down and left so physically and emotionally scarred, she knows her life will never be the same again. Unexpectedly, I found myself repeatedly in tears while reading because I had unknowingly become so dang attached to Meg, I understand why some scenarios were more painful than others. Ellen Emerson White knew she couldn't start off the series with a story like this, but since she's built up a character (Meg) supported by incredible secondary characters with such believable interactions that I was completely drawn into this story. I could feel and understand every single person's pain because I'd been with them all for so long, I just got it.
So if I thought White House Autumn was taking a risk dealing with a presidential attack, then Long Live the Queen has to take some kind of award for even daring to discuss a teen who is taken hostage by terrorists. I do have one thing to say about Ellen Emerson White, that woman is fearless. Fiercely fearless. She doesn't shy away from any of the tough questions or the questionable emotions, she faces each dead-on with a calm and precise determination. Terrorists, kidnapping, Vietnam - I mean is there anything this woman can't do - and do well?
For this third installment, I find it noteworthy that the artwork was chosen to mimic James McNeill Whistler's classic painting Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist's Mother. I can't fault their taste - there is something inherently classic about Whistler's work, I totally dig it. Of course it is tongue in cheek with the hanging picture of the White House in the background and it definitely allows you to see the bright blue leg and hand brace Meg is now sporting. As for the Queen herself, Meg's attitude seems to be almost passive, which after reading this novel, I can assure you is anything but, which is a none too subtle reminder that Meg is under constant scrutiny all the time and that even when she's feeling wretched and depressed, she's still putting on her 'public' face and doing what she has to."
"The third title in the series takes a dark turn when Meg is kidnapped from her high school campus, right in front of her Secret Service detail. White doesn't shy away from the grisly details of Meg's captivity and attempts at escape, or her recovery afterwards. The events might be harsh, but Meg is still funny and likable, and the book does a good job of showing how everyone was affected, Meg, her mother, her family, the White House staff, etc."
"I gave this four stars despite the fact that some (a lot) of it was cringe-inducing. But, the author sure is dialed in to the psyche of a 17 year old. I love the first two books in the series when I was a young teenager, and it was a delicious treat to discover that there are two more books! A total guilty pleasure."
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