77 pages • 2 hours read
April HenryGirl, Stolen
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
Girl, Stolen is narrated in third person, but the point of view alternates between Cheyenne and Griffin. What is the significance of the shifting point of view? What effect does it have on our reading of the novel?
Both Cheyenne and Griffin have experienced physical and psychological trauma from accidents: she was struck by a car; he was burned in an explosion. What effects do those experiences have on their relationship? What does each character’s recovery process reveal about him/her and their relationship?
Cheyenne and Griffin have lost their mothers. Furthermore, Cheyenne has a complicated relationship with her stepmother, Danielle. How does Girl, Stolen represent the impact of losing a parent? What role do the teenagers’ memories of their mothers play in the novel?
Cheyenne and Griffin come from very different backgrounds. How is that difference represented, and why is it significant to interpreting the novel?
Seeing is a major theme in the novel. How is “seeing” defined, and what is its significance?
How is Cheyenne’s disability represented in the novel? What advantages does it give her and why?
The novel ends before resolving the question of whether Cheyenne and Griffin will continue their relationship. Discuss whether you believe they will become friends, or more than friends, based on evidence from the novel.
Girl, Stolen is characterized as a novel for Young Adults. How would you characterize YA literature, and to what extent does the novel fit the genre?
The novel features several dogs. What is the significance of the dogs? How and why do the dogs connected to larger themes of the novel?
The novel depicts numerous examples of abuse and violence. What is the function of those examples? How does the novel use those moments to tell us something more about the characters and/or to support themes?
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