A stunning, scary, and beautiful book.’ John Marsden ‘Disturbing, heartbreaking, and beautiful all at once. Lucy Christopher discusses her debut novel, Stolen Q: Where did you get the idea for the novel A: The idea came from the setting. Months when the lines between love and obsession, and love and dependency, blur until they don’t exist – almost Winner of the Branford Boase Award ‘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. 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. This new life in the wilderness has been years in the planning. Lucy Christopher is a British/Australian author best known for her novel Stolen, which won the Branford Boase award 2010 in the UK, and the 2010 Gold Inky in Australia. Ty, her captor, is no stereotype – he’s young and attractive. Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken to the Australian Outback. Printz Honor Book, won a 2011 USBBY Outstanding International Book Award, and received the UK’s Branford Boase Award. Taken to sand and heat, dirt and danger.Īnd he expected me to love him. Lucy Christopher is a British-Australian writer, whose first YA novel Stolen was a Michael L. STOLEN by Lucy Christopher Teacher Text Guide and Worksheetsincludes questions and answers, themes, characters, etc all ready to go. This new life in the wilderness has been years in the planning. Ty, her captor, is no stereotype he’s young and attractive. Taken from everything I knew, everything I was used to. About Stolen Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken to the Australian Outback.

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