Claim to Fame by Margaret Peterson Haddix 256 pages

Lindsay has two claims to fame. She was the young start of a hit TV show until her other talent kicked in. She began to hear voices talking about her. In fact she could hear all the voices around the world of people talking about her. Her mother had disappeared when she was quite young. Her father whisks her away from the industry and takes her to his home town in Illinois. There Lindsay seems imprisoned in her house until her father dies unexpectedly. Two teenagers attempt kidnapping her to free her from her "prison" and find that their conclusions about her were quite wrong. Fortunately, she discovers that she is not alone; there are others in this small town that share her "power". Peterson has written several young adult novels The Shadow Children, about other kids hidden away in a future society. She paces her novels well and draws believable characters in rather unbelievable situations. Compelling reading.