Three Days by Donna Jo Napoli

Ooh, this one is hard to put down! Eleven-year-old Jackie has accompanied her father on a three week long business trip in Italy. Everything is going great until her father suddenly dies from a heart attack on the way back to their hotel one night. Unable to speak the language, Jackie is picked up by two men in a white car. She is sure they are taking her to the hospital or the police, but as they continue to pass exits on the highway, she realizes they must have something else in mind. The rest of the story tells what happens during the next Three Days. It was hard to stop reading long enough to write those Battle of the Books questions!