LUCY CHRISTOPHER'S novel STOLEN was named a Printz Honor Book by the ALA and received England's Branford Boase award and Australia's golden Inky for best debut. In a starred review, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY called it *"an emotionally raw thriller...a haunting account of captivity and the power of relationships."* She is also the author of FLYAWAY, a novel for younger readers. Lucy lives in Monmouth, Wales, where she is currently finishing her third book, THE KILLING WOODS, a psychological thriller for teens. Visit her website www.lucychristopher.com and follow her on Twitter @LucyCAuthor.
A Michael L. Printz Honor Book
ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults
A 2011 USBBY Outstanding International Book
"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
* "An emotionally raw thriller...a haunting account of captivity
and the power of relationships." -- Publishers Weekly, starred
review
"Disturbing, heartbreaking, and beautiful all at once." -- School
Library Journal
"A complex psychological study that is also a tribute to the
hypnotic beauty of the Outback." -- Booklist
"Taut suspense and a riveting plot in a haunting setting." --
Kirkus
"Has a veracity and immediacy that rivets the reader to the page.
Fascinating, disturbing..." -- Voice of Youth Advocates
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"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
"A vivid new voice for teens." -- Melvin Burgess
TheDailyBeast.com, "10 Hot Young Adult titles" roundup, September
16, 2010
BCCB, review, June 2010
"[A]n interesting book for examining what obsessive Twilight-style
approaches to love can mean in a real-life context...Readers who
can't get enough of Cormier's classic After the First Death will
find this induces both shivers and thought."
Booklist, review, March 15, 2010
"Christopher's first novel is a complex psychological study that is
also a tribute to
the hypnotic beauty of the outback."
Kirkus, review, April 15, 2010
"From its compelling opening, the novel delivers taut suspense and
a riveting plot in a haunting setting."
A Michael L. Printz Honor Book ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults A
2011 USBBY Outstanding International Book "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 * "An emotionally raw thriller...a
haunting account of captivity and the power of relationships." --
Publishers Weekly, starred review "Disturbing, heartbreaking, and
beautiful all at once." -- School Library Journal "A complex
psychological study that is also a tribute to the hypnotic beauty
of the Outback." -- Booklist "Taut suspense and a riveting plot in
a haunting setting." -- Kirkus "Has a veracity and immediacy that
rivets the reader to the page. Fascinating, disturbing..." -- Voice
of Youth Advocates
_____________________________________________________________________________"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 "A vivid new voice for teens."
-- Melvin Burgess TheDailyBeast.com, "10 Hot Young Adult titles"
roundup, September 16, 2010 BCCB, review, June 2010"[A]n
interesting book for examining what obsessive Twilight-style
approaches to love can mean in a real-life context...Readers who
can't get enough of Cormier's classic After the First Death will
find this induces both shivers and thought." Booklist, review,
March 15, 2010"Christopher's first novel is a complex psychological
study that is also a tribute tothe hypnotic beauty of the outback."
Kirkus, review, April 15, 2010"From its compelling opening, the
novel delivers taut suspense and a riveting plot in a haunting
setting." Publishers Weekly, starred review, Ap
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