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April HenryGirl, Stolen
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Introduction
Girl, Stolen
- Genre: Fiction; young adult contemporary thriller
- Originally Published: 2010
- Reading Level/Interest: Lexile HL700L; grades 8-12
- Structure/Length: 32 chapters; approx. 192 pages; approx. 5 hours on audio
- Protagonist and Central Conflict: Sixteen-year-old Cheyenne is blind and ill with pneumonia when she is inadvertently abducted by Griffin Sawyer, a teen dropout who steals a car without realizing Cheyenne is sleeping in the backseat. When Griffin’s violent and abusive father decides to ransom Cheyenne, she realizes she must attempt to escape.
- Potential Sensitivity Issues: Drug abuse; attempted sexual assault; physical and emotional abuse; loss of parent
April Henry, Author
- Bio: Born in 1959; grew up in Medford, Oregon; at age 12, sent an original short story to writer Roald Dahl, who passed it to his editor, who recommended publication in an international children’s magazine; attended Oregon State University and earned a business degree; inspired to begin writing by the experience of reading a badly written book and becoming convinced she could do better; wrote for a variety of health care organizations while starting out as a writer of fiction; has written 27 thrillers for young adults and adults; enjoys the research process involved with crime and thriller fiction
- Other Works: The Lonely Dead (2004); The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die (2013); Count All Her Bones (2018)
- Awards: Truman Readers Award (2012); YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults; Barnes & Noble Top Teen Pick
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