Girl, Stolen

You learn how she became blind, and how it's been hard to deal with that. I couldn't imagine not being able to just pick up a book and read it, and she even mentions that it's one of the things she misses the most. From reading this I learned a great deal about how it is to live like a blind person, and struggles they must deal with on a daily basis.

As the reader we also get the backstory of Griffin and why he is in his certain situation. It's weird, but the two of them had some things in common, which was interesting to see. The only misgiving I have is that I felt the first half of the book wasn't that suspenseful, but then again it did have good character interactions. The author is so good at suspense. Towards the end I just kept anticipating what was going to happen. It didn't go down like I thought it would, but I have to say I did like the ending. Great writing and insight, so highly recommended.

View all 9 comments. As you can read from the synopsis, the protagonist Cheyenne is sick and blind. But her bad luck doesn't end there. When her stepmother, Danielle drives her to a pharmacy to get medicine supplies, she asks her to leave the key in the ignition to keep her warm. That's when reality hits - her car is stolen, and worse, she's inside it! This book is different from other books whic As you can read from the synopsis, the protagonist Cheyenne is sick and blind.

This book is different from other books which I've read before. I think the best thing about this book is that the author has successfully portrayed Cheyenne's character. Having a blind protagonist is not easy, and I'm sure April has done quite a lot of researching and reading on this part. She also narrates Cheyenne's story skillfully, telling us what she feels at a particular moment, how she reacts to perilous events, and how she learns to trust one of her captors who promises to let her go. Griffin steals a Cadillac Escalade on a whim, without realizing that there's a girl in the backseat.

When he discovers her, it is too late to let her go.

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So he brings her back to his dad's place, along with the car. He promises her that he will let her go once it is dark. But his dad declares that they will keep her as a captive after listening to the news broadcast reporting about the missing Cheyenne Wilder, for her father is Nike's president, and she is their one-way-ticket to wealth. The friendship between Cheyenne and Griffin is honest and unfeigned, although it seems out of place because of their different roles - one captive and the other the captor. But still, Cheyenne doesn't trust Griffin entirely, despite the fact that he's the only one who's kind towards her.

She even tries to knock him unconscious on the day his father and his sidekicks go to get the ransom which they demanded earlier from Cheyenne's father. I don't blame her for this, because this only proves that her survival instincts are functional. I really admire Cheyenne's extraordinary spirit and strength.

You would probably think that being blind, she will just give up and surrender. But this tough teenage girl will absolutely prove you wrong. She faces the problem calmly, and even tries to escape without the help of her cane. Her courage and determination to keep herself alive is indeed commendable. I couldn't imagine going through everything that Cheyenne has gone through - it was a really scary experience.

And what's worse is that she's blind. Girl, Stolen is really amazing! I devoured the book in one-sitting. The story is fast-paced thrilling and heart-gripping. Even though I constantly feared for Cheyenne's safety, I remained hopeful for her survival. The climax of this novel left me in awe with the author's creativity and brilliance. The twist she inserted made my insides churn with fear for Cheyenne's fate. I went Oh, no! I'll stop here so that I don't accidentally spill anything. If you want to know whether Cheyenne escapes efficaciously, you'll have to read this book to find out.

This book is a clean read. I highly recommend this book to everyone who enjoys a great, thrilling story. View all 4 comments. Jun 06, Eva Leger rated it really liked it Shelves: The YA genre has not stopped surprising me. While there certainly have been a few like that most are not and this falls in the latter category.

Henry's biggest feat here, in my opinion, is Cheyenne's blindess. Everything that she went through is suspenseful. Add in blindness and it throws it all right through the roof. I kept think, in almost every single situation, how scared I'd be if it was me. A The YA genre has not stopped surprising me. And I can see.

I couldn't imagine it. This is very much one of those books you have to stop yourself from flipping forward in. I wanted so much to just know it was all going to be okay but I forced myself to not do that. I'm very much looking forward to another book by April Henry and I must also say that I loved the rest of the characters. Even the unlikable characters were thought up beautifully. Roy and his cohorts were great and Griffin's characters couldn't have been more perfect. The only thing I didn't like was a little thing on the cover.

The actual cover itself - awesome. I love the girl with the hands over her eyes and I love how a little sliver of space can be seen through fingers. What I don't like is the "Please let me go, I won't tell! That just screams "kiddie" to me and it struck me as just really not being needed. Subtleness goes a long way with something like this and I think with that removed the cover will be much more hard-hitting. View all 8 comments. Those who enjoy thought-provoking suspense, people who need something to write a book report on.

Recommended to Jenn, Reader of Things by: I'm all about feminism and being independant. Only, at the end, they could still open their eyes and see. I've never read a book told from a blind person's perspective, and even though this is written in third-person, "Sometimes people did this, closed their eyes for a few seconds and imagined it gave them insights into what it was like to be her.

I've never read a book told from a blind person's perspective, and even though this is written in third-person, I felt like the insight into Cheyenne's mind was really cool. Everything about her lack of sight was detailed, and you can tell the author did alot of research and knew what she was talking about.

My main gripe and I always have one is that this book was simple not as suspenseful or thrilling as I thought it would be. Besides that it's a very solid book with alot of detail and interesting characters. She reacts like any real person would, blind or not freaking out at times, but she's still an intelligent, resourceful girl. She's really brave for doing some of the things she did, and I'm glad to finally see a protagonist that can think in the midst of fear. Griffin isn't a bad guy. He's just been raised doing illegal things, he dropped out of school, his mom left years ago view spoiler [ or so we're told hide spoiler ] , leaving him in the care of his abusive father.

I will hurt you. No, Griffin feels like he's somewhere in between torn and lost. He wants to help Cheyenne he was going to let her go in the first place but he has his dad and his dad's cronies to contend with. They end up keeping her for ransom when they find out her dad is the president of Nike yeah, that Nike. Overall, Griffin is just the victim of a screwed-up life. Anyways, I also really disliked how TJ a guy that works for Roy at their chop shop always refers to himself in the third person.

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Adults don't really speak like that, no matter how stupid they are. For your information, TJ, humanity has developed these things called "pronouns" that really come in handy. I'm glad Girl, Stolen didn't have any romance. It would've been strange, considering that the entire novel takes place over the course of about two days. Ain't no Stockholm goin' on here. I'm also glad the perspectives were interchanging between her and Griffin, so we heard the story from both perspectives.

I really feel alot smarter after reading this book, like I overall understand sightless people better. It was a good, thought-provoking read. Mar 25, Valerie rated it really liked it Recommended to Valerie by: A book about a blind girl who gets kidnapped. Well that sounds good to me. The girl's name is Cheyenne and her kidnapper is a boy named Griffin. He didn't kidnap her on purpose but still it creates a problem.

The book is in both Cheyenne's point of view as well as Griffin's. When I was reading Cheyenne's point of view I was very aware of it; it felt like I was seeing the way she would picture it in her head. When I was reading Griffin's it was the same. Cheyenne seems like a real girl.

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She gets sc A book about a blind girl who gets kidnapped. She gets scared, she gets angry, she mopes, and she has empathy. Maybe she isn't always the bravest of souls I've ever met but she has her strength. Griffin is a good kid raised by a terrible father. I like him despite him being the person who caused all the trouble in the first place. For being a car thief he has his noble moments. It focused a lot on Cheyenne's blindness which makes sense since it affects almost everything you do.

The phrase 'people who see don't think about this but blind people do' is brought up a couple of times. I am now more aware of what I'm not aware of as a seeing person, if that makes sense? Cheyenne's mother died as well so that is also brought up. But don't think it is only about Cheyenne, there is also some of Griffin's story in there. And let me tell you he's got problems too. Now I think this book was phenomenal but I thought it'd be more suspenseful. I was expecting Mary Higgins Clark suspense, so I was a little disappointed when I only started feeling anxious near the end.

May 02, Amy Leigh rated it really liked it. This is a great ya thriller full of suspense and it's scary. I really liked the atmosphere and Cheyenne's character.

She fights even though she is blind and deathly ill. Cheyenne has pneumonia and is sleeping in the car while her mom runs in the store for medicine. Griffin sees a car that looks like a good haul and steals the car. When Griffin realizes Cheyenne is in the car he freaks out. He wasn't planning on kidnapping and asks his dad for help. Griffin's dad had evil intentions when he figur This is a great ya thriller full of suspense and it's scary. Griffin's dad had evil intentions when he figures out who Cheyenne's dad is but Griffin just wants her dropped off somewhere safely.

Cheyenne's dad is a CEO for a major shoe and sporting goods company. Cheyenne is also blind. She can't see her captors but she learned as much as she could about them and paid attention to everything. The problem is Cheyenne's pneumonia isn't getting any better.

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Will she ever escape or will she die before she has the chance to go home? Jun 25, Sierra rated it it was amazing Shelves: This book was actually better than I was expecting. I wasn't sure what I'd be getting when I picked this up to read. A blind girl kidnapped? How would that plot unfold? How would the characters interact? Could the author pull such difficult circumstances off? Well, in some ways April Henry excelled, but in others? The plot was engaging and constantly moved forward. I think the circumstances were very realistic and believable, and the back-and-forth between Griffin and Cheyenne was quite intriguing.

However, as far as the characters Hmm. However, as far as the characters go overall, this is where Henry fails to deliver. A blind girl being kidnapped? This should scare me - my heart should be breaking for this girl. Griffin was caught between his jerk father and his own feelings. These tortured characters should have jumped off the page and haunted me. However, even when Cheyenne was talking or thinking about her horrible past, the descriptions felt more like dispassionate character sketches then the real feelings and events in a teenage girl's life.

I never felt like the words or the story connected to the characters: So, even though the plot was well written and I was very interested to see how things turned out, I never truly felt the characters. If you are intrigued by the plot of this book, I'd recommend picking up Stolen by Lucy Christopher instead. Feb 23, Julie rated it it was amazing. I started reading this book a little disappointed, because everything on the back cover happens, literally, in the first pages! But, my disappointment was soon squelched by the next sections of the plot.

A blind girl, who also happens to be very sick with pneumonia, is asleep in the backseat when her stepmom's car is stolen. Her abductor wants to set her free, but there are other, darker, forces leading him to do otherwise. Will she be able to form a trusting friendship with him before the u I started reading this book a little disappointed, because everything on the back cover happens, literally, in the first pages! Will she be able to form a trusting friendship with him before the unthinkable happens to her? Or, will he be able to trust her to do what she is supposed to do in order to gain her freedom?

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If you've ever thought you wouldn't be strong enough or brave enough to survive a kidnapping, you should definitely read "Girl Stolen! Nov 21, Maysoon K rated it liked it. Girl, Stolen by April Henry! What to say about this book? Let's start off with the base of the book. It's about a girl, she's blind, and she gets kidnapped 'accidently', I guess you could say. What Griffin doesn't know is that Cheyenne is not only sick with pneumonia, she is blind. How will Cheyenne survive this nightmare, and if she does, at what price? Prepare yourself for a fast-paced and hard-edged thriller full of nail-biting suspense.

This title has Common Core connections. Don't miss the sequel: Readers will race to the end. In addition, the premise itself is powerfully realistic and compelling, with one small incident Griffin's jumping into a car that had the keys in the ignition snowballing into a nightmare series of events that will change everyone. Both are well-built, complex characters, trapped in their own ways by life's circumstances, which--paired with a relentlessly fast pace--ensures a tense read. With a thoughtful and eye-opening look at disabilities, it highlights Cheyenne and Griffin's resourcefulness and resiliency as they save themselves--and possibly each other.

Each page holds new questions that are answered in the most unexpected ways. You read this over an average of words per minute. Eventually, Henry had the idea of trying to locate Wilson through the Oregon Commission for the Blind, and after cutting through much red tape, the two finally connected last month. But in the meantime, Henry had a book to write, and she began to develop her main character, Cheyenne Wilder, with somewhat different circumstances.

To further mold Cheyenne into a believable character, Henry interviewed blind people to better understand what their lives are like. Also, with a dog, you can walk a lot faster. Henry also visited a dog school for the blind where she learned how to harness a guide dog herself. To incorporate the belief that blind people rely heavily on their other senses, Henry spoke with blind people about distinctive smells and decided to use the telltale scent of peppermint chewing tobacco in the book.

With regard to touch, Henry viewed a number of videos about people who are blind-sighted: Wilson is now studying to be a Braille proofreader and is also pursuing her ambition to become a writer. Girl, Stolen by April Henry. To subscribe, click here.