Stolen

by Lucy Christopher

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I was stolen from an airport.


Taken from everything I knew, everything I was used
to.


Taken to sand and heat, dirt and danger. And he expected
me to love him.


This is my story. 


Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken
to the Australian Outback.


Ty, her captor, is no stereotype – he's young and attractive. 



This new life in the wilderness has been years in the planning.
He loves only her, wants only her.


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. 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.
A stunning, scary, and beautiful book.' John Marsden



'Disturbing, heartbreaking, and beautiful all at once.'
School Library Journal
  • ISBN13 9781908435750
  • Publish Date 5 September 2013 (first published 4 May 2009)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 20 June 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Chicken House Ltd
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 320
  • Language English