GIRL, STOLEN

Author (last name first):
Henry, April  
Publisher, Date of Publication: 

Henry Holt and Company/2010

Grade Level/ or Age Level: 

8th - 12th

Classification:  Fiction 


While sitting in the parking lot at the pharmacy waiting for her stepmother to pick up her antibiotics, sixteen year old Cheyenne wilder gets kidnapped.... Griffin finds a nice Escalade, and is sure that his father would approve of his skill in stealing the expensive vehicle, but is unaware that Cheyenne is in the back seat as he turns the key hanging in the ignition. Suddenly he realizes that he has gotten more then he's bargained for when she screams. When he is finally able to stop the car he considers letting her go but is afraid she is able to tell what he looks like. She begins to fight him when he starts to tie her up and realizes it is no use as he holds what she thinks is a gun to her head. Cheyenne tells him she is blind and hopes that he will release her but Griffin decides to take her to his father and then let her go after every one is asleep. When his father finds out that Cheyenne's dad is very rich he plans to ransom her to her father. When Griffin realizes that his father never intended to let Cheyenne go and planed to kill her as well as keep the ransom money, he tries to help her escape. 
April Henry, the author, weaves a brilliant suspense story that keeps you on the edge of your seat. She also leaves the story open for the reader to make their own conclusion to how the story may continue. It is also a good reference for how a blind person lives. I truly enjoyed reading this book and feel that it would be a good suspense book to have teens write a report on. This book also has a AR Test available to take after reading it. 

Reviewed By: Lila Davis (Night Circulation Manager at Midwestern State University's Moffett Library)