Stolen - Softcover

Christopher, Lucy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 054517094X ISBN 13: 9780545170949

Publisher: Chicken House, 2012

Synopsis

Now in paperback, the acclaimed Printz Honor Book: Sensitive, sharp, captivating!

A girl: Gemma, 16, at the airport, on her way to a family vacation.

A guy: Ty, rugged, tan, too old, oddly familiar, eyes blue as ice.

She steps away. For just a second. He pays for her drink. And drugs it. They talk. Their hands touch. And before Gemma knows what's happening, Ty takes her. Steals her away. To sand and heat. To emptiness and isolation. To nowhere. And expects her to love him.

Written as a letter from a victim to her captor, STOLEN is Gemma's desperate story of survival; of how she has to come to terms with her living nightmare--or die trying to fight it.

A Michael L. Printz Honor Book * ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * A 2011 USBBY Outstanding International Book

*"An emotionally raw thriller."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Disturbing, heartbreaking, and beautiful all at once." --School Library Journal

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 golden 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. Lucy lives in Monmouth, Wales, where she is currently finishing her third book, THE KILLING WOODS, a psychological thriller for teens. Visit her website www.lucychristopher.com and follow her on Twitter @LucyCAuthor.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chicken House
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 054517094X
• ISBN 13: 9780545170949
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320