Reading Response #2 to Stolen by Lucy Christopher

       Stolen by Lucy Christopher shows how people are not always what they seem.  Gemma met this nice, cute guy looking at the airport.  He bought her a coffee and was very smooth and charming.  Though when Gemma wasn't looking he drugged her coffee.  She became unaware of what was happening and ended up in the middle of a barren desert in Australia with no sign of society for miles and miles.  She has no where to run or go to.  No one will be able to find her, who would suspect that she would be in this desert where apparently "no one" is?
       This story shows how easy kidnapping is.  Gemma wasn't doing anything stupid to get herself stolen, she was simply buying a coffee and on her way back to her parents.  She did nothing to get herself into this.  Bad people like that guy can take you so far away from everything before anyone even realizes you are missing.  This shows how we need to be able to fend for ourselves.  I don't yet know what will happen to Gemma but hopefully she will either be rescued or escape.  The panic and depression she must be going through is truly insane.  A lot of kids are kidnapped every year.  I think this issue needs to be addressed further then it already is.  Gemma wasn't raped or anything but she still has almost zero chance of getting back to her life.  This story shows how you don't always have to talk to the wrong person, be walking down the wrong streets late at night, or follow someone into a van to be stolen.  It happens to undeserving, innocent children.