Stolen - Hardcover

Christopher, Lucy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0545170931 ISBN 13: 9780545170932

Publisher: Chicken House, 2010

Synopsis

A stunning debut novel with an intriguing literary hook: written in part as a letter from a victim to her abductor. Sensitive, sharp, captivating!

Gemma, 16, is on layover at Bangkok Airport, en route with her parents to a vacation in Vietnam. She steps away for just a second, to get a cup of coffee. Ty--rugged, tan, too old, oddly familiar--pays for Gemma's drink. And drugs it. They talk. Their hands touch. And before Gemma knows what's happening, Ty takes her. Steals her away. The unknowing object of a long obsession, Gemma has been kidnapped by her stalker and brought to the desolate Australian Outback. STOLEN is her gripping story of survival, of how she has to come to terms with her living nightmare--or die trying to fight it.

About this title

From the Author:

"The temptation of the strong but dangerous boyfriend is significant- and echoed in literature: the classic example being Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights. Perhaps we think we can save him, or perhaps we're so infatuated that we turn a blind eye to his problems and abusive behavior. By writing Stolen, I set out to challenge young women to question their own relationships: What are the boundaries between love, control, and obsession? And how do we find the strength and honesty within ourselves to avoid or escape from the wrong kind of situation?"
-Lucy Christopher

About the Author:

Lucy Christopher's novel STOLEN was named a Printz Honor Book by the ALA and received England's Branford Boase award and Australia's Gold Inky for best debut. In a starred review, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY called it "an emotionally raw thriller...a haunting account of captivity and the power of relationships." She is also the author of FLYAWAY, a novel for younger readers, and THE KILLING WOODS, a novel for young adults. Lucy lives in Monmouth, Wales. Visit her at www.lucychristopher.com and follow her on Twitter @LucyCAuthor.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chicken House
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0545170931
• ISBN 13: 9780545170932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304