Stolen

By Lucy Christopher

A girl is abducted and must survive her captor's isolated world.

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299 pages· 84,270 words· Est. 8 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Sixteen-year-old Gemma is whisked away from an airport by the enigmatic Ty, who expects her to love him in a desolate desert. Trapped in isolation, Gemma must navigate her captor's twisted expectations and find a way to survive. As she writes a letter to Ty, her struggle becomes a haunting tale of resilience and the fight for freedom. Can she escape her living nightmare, or will she succumb to the barren landscape and Ty's demands? Discover the chilling depths of captivity and the power of the human spirit in this gripping thriller.

From the publisher

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 reviewDisturbing, heartbreaking, and beautiful all at once. –School Library Journal