The kidnapper, a bad dude named Ty, tries to get Gemma to like him and be excited about living in the middle of the Australian desert forever, but for some reason (we can't imagine why), she just can't get too stoked about this. Really, the whole thing looks like the set of a horror movie. Then, he drives her to this house in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of rocks and scary outbuildings. The guy changes Gemma's clothes and makes her wear a wig, and then he gets her on a plane to Australia using a fake passport. Um, you probably shouldn't drink that, Gemma.Īh, but Gemma does drink the coffee-and yes, it's drugged. He then walks away with her cup to put sugar in it. While there, this creepy guy who's been following her since she left her hometown of London shows up and offers to fund her caffeine fix. Ages 14–up.Sixteen-year-old Gemma is on your average family excursion to Vietnam for an art show when she gets into a fight with her mom at the airport and storms off to get some coffee.
It’s a haunting account of captivity and the power of relationships. Gemma’s fluctuating emotions are entirely believable-she’s repulsed by Ty, but can’t help recognizing the ways in which he’s opened her eyes. In the process, she encounters the wildness of her desert surroundings and carefully digs for Ty’s weaknesses, patching together his complex history, including the extent of his six-year obsession with her. Clever and determined, Gemma gathers her strength and plots numerous escapes to no avail.
Ty drugs Gemma in a Bangkok airport and transports her to the home he has built in the isolated Australian outback, believing he’s rescuing her from shallow parents and a city life in London she never really fit into. The fast-paced novel is written in the past tense as a sort of diary from Gemma to Ty, suggesting that she has escaped, though this makes the story no less suspenseful.
Christopher’s debut is an emotionally raw thriller that follows the abduction of 16-year-old Gemma by Ty, a gorgeous, 20-something Australian who is in love with her and hopes to win her love in return.
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