Stolen Analysis

The Great Sandy Desert. Seriously, couldn't they have come up with a more creative name? If anything, though, the setting of Gemma's ordeal with Ty is fitting—for miles and miles, there's literal...

Given the seriousness of her situation, it makes sense that Gemma would be the one telling us the story. However, there's a twist—her audience isn't just us as readers, but Ty. While he's likely...

Getting kidnapped isn't the way teenagers normally transition from the innocence of childhood to adulthood, but nonetheless, Gemma's experiences still qualify as a coming-of-age story. When we firs...

At its core, Stolen is Gemma's reflection on her experience of being in captivity. As a result, the narrative voice seems to carry the weight of her trauma as she explores what happened and delves...

An epistolary novel is a big, fancy name for a work of fiction told in letters. While the form was frequently used in the 18th and 19th centuries in works like Samuel Richardson's Clarissa and Mary...

On the surface, Stolen is primarily a book about a kidnapping, which makes it a pretty appropriate title right off the bat. Still, the title applies to more than just Gemma's story—it's about Ty'...

At the end of her letter, Gemma lets Ty in on a recurring dream she's been having about her time in Australia. In the dream, she's on the path inside the Separates, digging a hole with her hands. W...

Stolen looks short and has a pretty cover with a butterfly on it, but don't be fooled—it takes patience and careful reading to get through this one. Remember, the bulk of the action takes place d...

Final Boarding Call We first meet Gemma when she's fighting in the airport with her mom over whether or not her shirt is too low-cut. There's also a creepy guy following them everywhere, which mak...

Stolen got its start about 10 years before its publication thanks to Lucy Christopher's fascination with the spiritual and dangerous myths of the Australian desert. (Source)Lucy Christopher is a hu...

Against all odds (since this book is about the abduction of a teenage girl by an older man), the only thing we get in this book that even resembles a sex scene is when Anna and Ben are making out a...

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