The Stolen [Paperback]

Alex Shearer (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

Life's a game—and someone's cheating. Meredith is a new girl at school. An orphan, living with her elderly granny. She must be lonely—or so Carly thinks, trying to be nice. But sometimes nice doesn't work. Sometimes people are worse than you could ever imagine. And Meredith has a secret—a story Carly can hardly begin to believe, about a girl with no future and someone else's past, a vicious old lady who refuses to die, and a young life stolen. For Meredith is not Meredith at all.

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About the Author

Alex Shearer has written more than a dozen books for both adults and children, as well as many successful television series, films, and stage and radio plays. His other books for Macmillan are The Great Blue Yonder, The Hunted, The Speed of the Dark, Bootleg and The Lost. The television dramatisation of Bootleg won a BAFTA award for drama in 2003.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan UK (April 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 033039892X
• ISBN-13: 978-0330398923
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,213,002 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A Teen's Point of View, March 28, 2006

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Kestrel - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Stolen (Paperback)

This is a pretty good book, but it's a bit complicated. I didn't like it as much as Shearer's Bootleg. This book did make me cry a little, though. I liked this book, but the ending isn't that great. I like happy endings and happy stories, and this book isn't either of those.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars i read it in Chinese version, February 15, 2004

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"w_white116" (Taipei, Taiwan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stolen (Hardcover)

the book "the stolen" is a great book, but unluckly our teacher read it in chinese, because i'm learning in taiwan. the book's super great and the class gave this book a two thumbs up! nothin much, thanx amaxon.