Stolen - Lucy Christopher Book

  • Author: Lucy Christopher
  • Publisher: Chicken House; 1st edition
  • Cover Type: Paperback
  • Pages: 320 pages
  • Language: English
  • Genre: Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Social Sciences
  • Genre Class: Children's, Fiction, Love, Romance

    • Told in a moving letter to her captor, sixteen-year-old Gemma relives her kidnapping from Bangkok airport while on holiday. Taken by Ty, her troubled young stalker, to the wild and desolate Australian outback, she reflects on a landscape from which theres no escape. In a story of survival, passion and darkness, Gemma reveals how she had to deal with the nightmare, or die trying to fight it. Sensitive, powerful and beautifully written.

    P>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 Id 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 _____________________________________________________________________________"Complicated and beautiful -- this novel left me doubting my emotions and missing a place Id 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 cant get enough of Cormiers classic After the First Death will find this induces both shivers and thought." Booklist, review, March 15, 2010"Christophers first novel is a complex psychological study that is also a tribute tothe 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 CHRISTOPHERS novel STOLEN was named a Printz Honor Book by the ALA and received Englands Branford Boase award and Australias 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.lucychristopherand follow her on Twitter @LucyCAuthor.

    (BK-9781908435750)

    SKU BK-9781908435750
    Barcode # 9781908435750
    Brand Chicken House
    Artist / Author Lucy Christopher
    Shipping Weight 0.1700kg
    Shipping Width 0.140m
    Shipping Height 0.020m
    Shipping Length 0.200m
    Type Paperback

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