Toy Soldiers (Movie Novelization) By William P. Kennedy 1991 1st Print Action PB

The United States government is helpless when terrorists seize a prestigious boys' school, taking the sons of America's most powerful families as hostages. While crack rescue troops wait outside the walls, Billy Tepper, a troublesome 15-year-old prankster, begins to plan the escape of his schoolmates. Tension builds as he pits his boundless imagination against the cold-blooded madness of his captors, and the action explodes when he turns a toy airplane into a weapon more powerful than the machine-guns and plastic explosives that the terrorists use to enforce their will.