{"id":6131,"date":"2026-04-14T20:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/?p=6131"},"modified":"2026-04-14T20:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:32:21","slug":"such-quiet-girls-by-noelle-w-ihli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/such-quiet-girls-by-noelle-w-ihli\/","title":{"rendered":"<B>Such Quiet Girls<\/B> by Noelle W. Ihli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/231249727-such-quiet-girls\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1744295011l\/231249727._SX98_.jpg\" alt=\"Such Quiet Girls\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/231249727-such-quiet-girls\">Such Quiet Girls<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/21646097.Noelle_W_Ihli\">Noelle W. Ihli<\/a><br \/>\nMy rating: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/8522617014\">5 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two miscreants with a get rich quick plan kidnap a busload of children and hold them for ransom. The children and their bus driver are imprisoned in a buried container that had been fitted out with water, a makeshift toilet, and some mattresses. One resourceful 12-year-old girl, the tallest in the group, becomes a lead character as does her mother, who has access to school funds and who receives the ransom note. The story is full of suspense and clever ideas. It is inspired by, although not completely true to, an actual kidnapping that occurred in Chowchilla, California in 1976. I remember that kidnapping well, or at least the news coverage of it, as I was in the FBI at the time, stationed only two hours drive away, but I did not have any direct involvement because I was in language school, not on an investigative squad. I was involved in three other kidnappings in my career, only two of which resulted in the survival of the victims. Perhaps it was because of that experience and memory that I found this book more chilling than the writing alone might have been. For me it was a page-turner.<\/p>\n<p>There are two or three other books with this title, so be sure you get the right one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/12975428-russell-atkinson\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Such Quiet Girls by Noelle W. Ihli My rating: 5 of 5 stars Two miscreants with a get rich quick plan kidnap a busload of children and hold them for ransom. 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