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.…

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1 author picked Stolen as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This disturbing and sensual tale of a teenage girl kidnapped and held by an obsessive young man was something I had to read in a day. The writing has a kind of D.H. Lawrence quality in that every part of the Outback landscape, every object and garment and exchange seems to vibrate with physicality and sexuality. The story is also gripping, a page-turner, and such a wonderful examination of where love and obsession meet, of Stockholm Syndrome and survival, and the jumble of feelings from the most animal to the most selfless that we all have to pick our way…

From Patrick's list on teenagers in love and lust.

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My multi-award-winning book is inspired by the Stermer family and other families who hid underground…

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