Girl, Stolen/April Henry/211 pages

Cheyenne Wilder has been kidnapped. When a young thug tries to steal a car to impress his dad, things go from bad to worse when he finds a girl wrapped up in a blanket in the backseat. Griffin never meant to hurt anyone, he just wants to impress his dad with a big fancy SUV that he steals from a mall parking lot. From the very beginning of the story, we realize that Griffin is a good kid that has been raised by a terrible father. The major twist in the story is that the main character, Cheyenne, is blind.  She fights back the whole story and  we have to admire her strength and intelligence. The author does a pretty good job at making the story realistic and suspenseful. This is a quick read for middle and high school students. The  main character does fear that she might be raped by her captors but nothing happens and it is a very small storyline in the book. For younger readers, might not be appropriate or parents could use as a chance to talk  about being in scary situations with strangers.