Sixteen-year-old Cheyenne Wilder is sleeping in the back of a car while her mom fills her prescription for antibiotics. Before Cheyenne realizes what's happening, their car is being stolen. Griffin hadn't meant to kidnap Cheyenne, but once his dad finds out that Cheyenne's father is the president of a powerful corporation, everything changes -- now there's a reason to keep her. How will Cheyenne survive this nightmare? Because she's not only sick with pneumonia -- she's also blind.
"Cheyenne's growing sympathy for Griffin, who becomes her protector, adds layers of complexity to this thriller.... Readers will be hard-pressed to put this one down before its heart-pounding conclusion." -- School Library Journal
"[T]he plot is actually of secondary concern; the relationship between Cheyenne and the only kidnapper who is kind to her, a teen named Griffin, constitutes the novel’s central push and pull.... Henry is particularly deft at portraying the vacillating level of trust between the two, and her research on living with blindness pays dividends in authenticity." -- Booklist
"The novel is a nail-biter with an unforgettable protagonist who smartly and bravely turns her weakness, and her captors' underestimation of her capabilities, into an advantage. Henry illuminates the teen's predicament using all of her intact senses, making every touch, sniff, and breath palpable." -- School Library Journal
Recommended Age | 13 and up |
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Author | April Henry |
ISBN | 0312674759 |
Publication Date | Mar 13, 2012 |
Publisher | Square Fish |
Language | English |