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Sniper

Theodore Taylor

1991229 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1991
first published
  • 2007Harcourt · 229 pages · ENGISBN 9780152061531
  • 1991HarperTrophy · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9780380711932
  • 1999Econo-Clad Books · ENGISBN 9780833564412
  • 1991Perfection Learning PreboundISBN 9780780708747

Fifteen-year-old Ben must cope alone when a mysterious sniper begins shooting the big cats in his family's private zoological preserve. A killer stalks the night. The canyon is dark. Pitch dark. It is quiet. Deathly quiet, except for the howl of distant coyotes and the occasional roar of one of the big cats. Fifteen-year-old Ben has been left in charge of the family's California wild animal preserve while his parents are in Africa. Suddenly the silence of the night is broken by screaming peacocks. Someone is out there. Someone with a score to settle. And tonight is only the beginning.

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ThemesJustice
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