Girl Stolen by April Henry Final

From the last time I wrote about Girl Stolen I have finished the book and in my opinion I have got to say I did enjoy the ending. So many big events happened since I wrote about them last week. The first big event that happened was when Cheyenne told Roy, all her fathers numbers and he decided to give her father a call so he left Cheyenne alone in the room. She was smart enough to figure out where a glass of water was because she used the glass to escape by braking it and cutting the ropes around her wrists. It was during the night when everyone was sleeping that Cheyenne actually got up and out of the house without getting caught. What she didn't know was that they had a dog. In the beginning of the story they did mention the dog named Duke but they just described him as being a bad dog who hates everyone except for Roy and Griffin. Once Cheyenne got out of the house Duke started barking and Cheyenne got scared because she thought that the boys were going to hear and wake up. As soon as she felt herself getting closer to the dog she knew she had to do something. Cheyenne soon began talking to Duke to try to calm him down and she did surprisingly. Once she felt him calm down Cheyenne knew in her heart that Duke wasn't a bad dog he was just scared because of how Roy treated him, she knew that he just wanted to be free. So, she did the right thing and tried to untie him from his chain. But instead of just letting him go she did a very smart thing instead. In the text it said that "Cheyenne pulled it until it became a makeshift leash. As if she were holding Phantom, she found herself taking her normal stance, her left leg ahead of her right, with the dogs head next to her left thigh." From reading this I knew that since Cheyenne is blind she was using Duke as a guide dog to help her go the right way. After this, she kept telling Duke to go forward and he listened very carefully to her. The bad thing about this is that Duke suddenly heard a noise and got scared so her ran off, leaving Cheyenne alone in the dark. You have to read Girl Stolen to find out if Cheyenne gets to a safe place or gets caught by Roy and his sons.


In my opinion I would have to say that I really did enjoy reading this book, not only because of the genre but because I could reflect a lot on it. In the book it explains how Cheyenne is blind and get kidnaped but just because she's blind it doesn't mean she's not smart enough to get free. In the book it explains that Cheyenne uses a lot of her other senses to be able to get free. In the text it states "Every time someone spoke, her head swiveled in that direction." I know that from this text it is clearly showing Cheyenne using her sense of hearing because each time she heard something she knew the way the noise was coming from. I found this so interesting because if I was ever in Cheyenne's position I wouldn't know exactly where to look when I heard a noise. I have to say the Cheyenne was actually very strong and brave throughout the story and especially with her being blind and very sick. I think that other people that might have been in the same place she was wouldn't be able to escape the way she did. What I mean by this is that she used as many as her senses as she could to get outside and for her to use the dog as a guide dog was smart. I don't think many people would have thought of that because even Griffin was sometimes afraid to get close to Duke. I think that in the future I will read more books like Girl Stolen.

Girl Stolen #2 By April Henry

Last week I wrote about Cheyenne getting kidnapped by Griffin and I inferred that when Griffins father finds out who Cheyenne really is he is going to want to keep her so he can get money or what ever else he wants from her. As I kept reading it turns out that my inference was correct because in the text it said "President Nike, huh?" Roy looked toward the house. We need to think about this a little more. This might change things." From this text I can clearly tell the Roy, Griffins father, is thinking more about whether he should let Cheyenne go or not. From experience, many people with similar situations as Griffin and his father, like kidnapping someone, usually do not let the kid go unless they get money out their parents so they can be set free. Since Cheyenne's father is the president it means he has a lot of money. I think that by the evidence in the text Roy is going to contact Cheyenne's father and ask for money in order to let her go. I will keep on reading and finding more pieces in the text that say Roy will either let Cheyenne go because she's blind, or use her fathers money and then let her go.

As I am reading this book I can see a lot of character traits, especially from the main character Cheyenne. In my opinion I would have to say that Cheyenne is actually really strong, brave and very smart for a sixteen year old girl who is blind. The reason I say this is because when she was kidnapped, she obviously couldn't see anything, so her plan was to use the rest of her senses to know where she is going. I found this really interesting and smart of her because if I was in the same situation, I would have just been freaking about going somewhere I didn't know. In the text it said "Cheyenne knew she had a twenty, two tens, and some ones. The twenty was folded the long way, the ten the story way, and the ones weren't folded at all." This clearly states that Cheyenne had to use her touch sense. I found this really interesting because its a smart trait being able to know where everything is just by touching the object. As the story continues she is still trying to use her senses in order to be free. The more I read the more I find pieces of evidence that show her intelligence.

Girl Stolen by April Henry

This book is about a girl named Cheyenne who is blind and she and her stepmother Danielle, went to the clinic to get her medication but something happens. Cheyenne stayed in the car while her mother went into the store and while she was in there someone else came back to the car. His name is Griffin and he decided to steal Daniela's car. The interesting thing about the book Girl Stolen is that it is written in both Cheyenne's perspective and Griffins. While I reading Griffins side of the story it explained that he had no intention to kidnap Cheyenne, as a matter of fact he didn't even know she was in the car when he got in himself. In the text it states that "Despite the blanket that covered her, Cheyenne was shivering." To me this was proof that it must have been hard for Griffin to actually see her because she was covered with her blanket. After he noticed that Cheyenne was in the car he wanted to stop and let her out but it was too late because he was in the middle of no where, so no one would be able to help her. Griffin told Cheyenne that if she didn't make a sound or move that he would find a way to let her free. However, before he did that he told her that he had to make a stop at his home so he could show his father what he got, which was the car. I am going to read more to find out what Griffin ends up doing to Cheyenne.

In the story Girl Stolen I infer that Griffin's father or someone that Griffin brings up in the book will end up keeping Cheyenne. The reason I infer this is because in the story it states that "Cheyenne is the daughter of the president of a powerful corporation." What this information tells me is that Cheyenne comes from a powerful family that probably has money. With this evidence I infer that once Griffin and his family or friends find out where Cheyenne comes from they will want to keep her for their own interests. By this I mean they will keep her captive so that they will be able to get something out of her. I infer that Cheyenne might end up saying something that will also make them keep her captive. I will keep reading to find out if my inference is correct or not.