Diamonds in the Shadow
Caroline B. Cooney
The Finches a Connecticut family, sponser an African refugee family of four, all of whom have been scarred by the horrors of civil war, and who inadvertently put their benefactors in harm's way.
Taken
Edward Bloor
In 2036 kindnapping rich children has become an industry, but when thirteen year old Charity Meyers is taken and held for ransom, she soon discovers that this kidnapping is not what it seems.
"Once you've been taken, you usually have twenty-four hours left to live. By my reckoning, that meant I had about twelve hours remaining."
Bloor, E. (2007). Taken. Alfred A. Knopf: New York.