Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Summary: The start of the plot was at an airport. The main charaters' name is Gemma. She went to get some coffee before the plane took off and at the coffee shop a guy offered to pay for it and he put sugar in it while slipping some drugs in the coffee. He sat down and spoke with her until the drugs kicked it. He kidnapped her and brought her to a stranded desert in Austria. He had built a house there and had plenty of supplies to live on for months. Ty (the kidnapper) tries his best to make gemma feel "at home." Gemma spent most of her time plotting on how to escape and she had mulitple failed attemps. She often cried but also had a little bit of hope for escape. Ty never hurt her or sexually abused her in any way but Gemma still wanted nothing more than to go home. Ty later revealed to her that he had been watching her a while and he wanted to save her from the harsh world outside of the desert and when he took her he believed that he saved her. He just wanted company in the desert. When Gemma finally began to execpt the fact that there was no escape there was an incident. Gemma walked in on ty trying to catch a snake and she ended up getting bitten. Ty tried to cure her but he knew he couldn't so he brought her into the city and stayed with her until the doctor told him to leave. Before he left forever, Gemma, barely concious, pulled to her and kissed him. He then turnrt himself in leaving Gemma filled with emotions. Gemma made it seem like she was never gonna give up hope for escape but things that she said made it seem like the land was already a part of her and Ty was apart of her as well.

Quote: You took me to the sand and the heat, the dirt and isolation. And you expected me to love you. And that's the hardest part. Because I did, or at least, I loved something out there." But I hated you too. I can't forget that. (Christopher, 297)

Reaction: The whole book was a letter to Ty. At the end she was telling him what she was going to say to the judge when they asked her to testify. In the end Gemma was filled with mixed emotions. At times she loved Ty and at times she hated him. At times she was happy to be home and out the dewsret and at times she felt sad that she had to leave it. At times she was thankful to see her parents and at other times she hated them, but there was one thing that she knew: Somewhere in her heart she understood why Ty brought her there and she thank him and loved him one way or the other.