Stolen by Vivian Vande Velde
The same day that the villagers of Thornstowe finally hunt down a witch with a reputation for stealing children, a 12-year-old appears in the woods with no memory of her past. Is there a connection between Isabelle, the girl who doesn’t know who she is, and the girl the witch stole six years earlier? One of the few things Isabelle remembers is a chant that keeps running through her head: Old as dirt, dirty as dirt. Ugly as sin, mean as sin. Don’t let the old witch catch you! Could Isabelle have been stolen by the old witch of the woods, or has she lost her memory as the result of an accident? And what about the baby the witch stole right before the villagers attacked? Did either the witch or the baby survive the fire the villagers set? “Isabelle heard no sound beyond the faintest shivering of leaves in a gentle breeze. No sound of pursuit. But surely something was wrong, or she would know who and where she was. So she resumed running. But it wasn’t as effortless as before. Her worry weighed her down as she tried to list the things she knew—and found the list of things she didn’t know longer by far.”
Vivian Vande Velde's books have won many awards, including the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Never Trust a Dead Man. She is also the author of Ghost of a Hanged Man. She lives in Rochester, New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780761455158 |
| ISBN 10 | 0761455159 |
| Title | Stolen |
| Author | Vivian Vande Velde |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Amazon Publishing |
| Year published | 2008-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Junior Book) 2010, Short-listed for Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award 2010, Short-listed for Nene Award 2011, Short-listed for Sequoyah Book Awards (Intermediate) 2011, Short-listed for Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award (Grades 6-8) 2011 |
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