[LM_NET] REVIEW: Girl Stolen (avalable September 28)

[Pamela Thompson <pthomp@SISD.NET>]

Put this novel on your list of things to buy! Not to be missed!



Girl Stolen
by April Henry
Henry Holt and Company, 2010.
213 pages


Girl Stolen is a YA thriller that delivers. It's a real page-turner with a twist. 
Cheyenne Wilder is having a bad day. She has pneumonia and is waiting in the 
Escalade for her stepmother to fill a prescription for her. Feeling ill, Cheyenne 
is resting under a blanket in the back seat when her whole world goes crazy!

Someone gets in the SUV and starts driving. Cheyenne knows it's not her 
stepmother--she can smell cigarette smoke but her stepmother doesn't smoke. 
Cheyenne can sense the intruder but can't see him. You see, Cheyenne is not only 
ill, she is legally blind.

Griffin thought he was stealing a "sweet" ride but gets more than he bargained for. 
How was he to know there was a sixteen-year old blind girl with pneumonia in the 
back seat? Now he's not just a car thief--he's a kidnapper. If Roy finds out, 
Griffin is in real trouble.

Two sixteen-year old kids caught up in a crime gone horribly wrong. Readers will 
root for Cheyenne--she's spunky, tough, resilient, and smart. Readers will yearn 
for Griffin to do the right thing. Bestselling author April Henry has another 
winner on her hands.

Highly recommended for YA collections. Grades 7-high school. This novel is 
available September 28, 2010.

Just posted to my blog at http://booksbypamelathompson.blogspot.com/


Pamela Thompson, MLIS
Library Media Specialist
Col. John O. Ensor Middle School
13600 Ryderwood
El Paso, TX
915-937-6018
pthomp@sisd.net<mailto:pthomp@sisd.net>

visit my YA novel blog at http://booksbypamelathompson.blogspot.com/


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