Stolen - Softcover

Christopher, Lucy

3.89

82,766 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906427135 ISBN 13: 9781906427139

Publisher: Chicken House, 2009

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Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken to the Australian Outback. This wild and desolate landscape becomes almost a character in the book, so vividly is it described. Ty, her captor, is no stereotype. He is young, fit and completely gorgeous. This new life in the wilderness has been years in the planning. He loves only her, wants only her. Under the hot glare of the Australian sun, cut off from the world outside, can the force of his love make Gemma love him back? The story takes the form of a letter, written by Gemma to Ty, reflecting on those strange and disturbing months in the outback. Months when the lines between love and obsession, and love and dependency, blur until they don't exist \- almost.

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Review:

A Michael L. Printz Honor Book

ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults

A 2011 USBBY Outstanding International Book

"Complicated and beautiful -- this novel left me doubting my emotions and missing a place I'd never been." -- Maggie Stiefvater

"All the tension of lightning, all the terror of thunder. A stunning, scary, and beautiful book."-- John Marsden

* "An emotionally raw thriller...a haunting account of captivity and the power of relationships." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

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

"A complex psychological study that is also a tribute to the hypnotic beauty of the Outback." -- Booklist

"Taut suspense and a riveting plot in a haunting setting." -- Kirkus

"Has a veracity and immediacy that rivets the reader to the page. Fascinating, disturbing..." -- Voice of Youth Advocates

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"Complicated and beautiful -- this novel left me doubting my emotions and missing a place I'd never been." -- Maggie Stiefvater

"All the tension of lightning, all the terror of thunder. A stunning, scary, and beautiful book." -- John Marsden

"A vivid new voice for teens." -- Melvin Burgess

TheDailyBeast.com, "10 Hot Young Adult titles" roundup, September 16, 2010

BCCB, review, June 2010

"[A]n interesting book for examining what obsessive Twilight-style approaches to love can mean in a real-life context...Readers who can't get enough of Cormier's classic After the First Death will find this induces both shivers and thought."

Booklist, review, March 15, 2010

"Christopher's first novel is a complex psychological study that is also a tribute to

the hypnotic beauty of the outback."

Kirkus, review, April 15, 2010

"From its compelling opening, the novel delivers taut suspense and a riveting plot in a haunting setting."

Publishers Weekly, starred review, Ap

A Michael L. Printz Honor Book
ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults
A 2011 USBBY Outstanding International Book
"Complicated and beautiful -- this novel left me doubting my emotions and missing a place I'd never been." -- Maggie Stiefvater
"All the tension of lightning, all the terror of thunder. A stunning, scary, and beautiful book."-- John Marsden
* "An emotionally raw thriller...a haunting account of captivity and the power of relationships." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Disturbing, heartbreaking, and beautiful all at once." -- School Library Journal
"A complex psychological study that is also a tribute to the hypnotic beauty of the Outback." -- Booklist
"Taut suspense and a riveting plot in a haunting setting." -- Kirkus
"Has a veracity and immediacy that rivets the reader to the page. Fascinating, disturbing..." -- Voice of Youth Advocates
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"Complicated and beautiful -- this novel left me doubting my emotions and missing a place I'd never been." -- Maggie Stiefvater
"All the tension of lightning, all the terror of thunder. A stunning, scary, and beautiful book." -- John Marsden
"A vivid new voice for teens." -- Melvin Burgess
TheDailyBeast.com, "10 Hot Young Adult titles" roundup, September 16, 2010
BCCB, review, June 2010
"[A]n interesting book for examining what obsessive Twilight-style approaches to love can mean in a real-life context...Readers who can't get enough of Cormier's classic After the First Death will find this induces both shivers and thought."
Booklist, review, March 15, 2010
"Christopher's first novel is a complex psychological study that is also a tribute to
the hypnotic beauty of the outback."
Kirkus, review, April 15, 2010
"From its compelling opening, the novel delivers taut suspense and a riveting plot in a haunting setting."

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.

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