This book takes place in Portland, Oregon. Cheyenne Wilder is the daughter of the CEO of Nike, and she's just gotten pneumonia. When she goes with her step-mom to fill her prescription, she decides to lay down in the back and wait instead of going inside. Leaving the keys in the ignition, Cheyenne's step-mom goes inside. Cheyenne hears someone get back in the car, but whoever it is smells like cigarettes so she knows it's not her step-mom. The car is being stolen and whoever took it, has know idea Cheyenne is in the back. As if that wasn't bad enough, she can't even see what her kidnapper looks like, because after a bad accident 3 years before, Cheyenne lost her eyesight and she's blind. Once Griffin finds there's a girl in the back of the car he just stole, he knows he's completely screwed. His dad is going to be furious. After learning that Cheyenne is blind, Griffin thinks that the easiest thing to do would be to leave her somewhere where he could be long gone by the time she finds help. And it's not like she can tell the police |
what he looks like. But when he brings Cheyenne home, Griffins dad Roy, learns who Cheyenne's dad is and gets a different idea. Why not just hold Cheyenne for ransom? During Cheyenne's short stay Griffin is Cheyenne's only hope for escape, because he treats her better than anyone else. He clearly is a caring a person and really wants to help get Cheyenne home. Roy gets in contact with Cheyenne's dad and a deal is worked out. For a couple million dollars they're willing to let Cheyenne go. Roy sets up a really great plan that will keep his identity a secret.
While Roy goes out to collect the money, Cheyenne has an escape plan. She's left alone with Griffin and she realizes that Roy probably isn't going to really let her go once he has the money. Griffin had realized the same thing and was planning on helping Cheyenne escape, but he hadn't told her that. So while he was sleeping Cheyenne hits him on the head with a wrench, and takes off into the forest behind the house. Of course her plan is far from flawed considering it's snowing, she's really sick and she has no idea where she is. After hours of walking, Griffin catches up to her knowing his dad couldn't be far behind looking for her. He explains that he was going to help her and that he is still going to, but as they set out for the road Griffin steps in a hole concealed by the snow, and breaks his ankle. He absolutely cannot walk on it, so he points Cheyenne in the direction of the road to go get help.
When Cheyenne finally reaches the road, she's lucky enough to have a car pass by in just minutes. The car pulls over and she explains that she's been kidnapped. The person who pulled over says that they're a cop, but when Cheyenne gets in the car she quickly realize's she been tricked and it's actually Roy. All he had to do was change his voice a little bit. Cheyenne manages to get him out of the car and lock it. She also manages to "drive" a little bit which helps, but she can't see where she's going and Roy is trying to break the window. She uses Roy's cell phone to call 911 and only a few minutes later, a real cop is there and Cheyenne is saved.I thought this was a good book and one thing I really like was how part of it was told in Cheyenne's point of view. I liked that it went back and forth between Griffin's point of view and her's because it gave insight to what it was like for her, but it also gives the reader some real information and an image to put into their heads.
While Roy goes out to collect the money, Cheyenne has an escape plan. She's left alone with Griffin and she realizes that Roy probably isn't going to really let her go once he has the money. Griffin had realized the same thing and was planning on helping Cheyenne escape, but he hadn't told her that. So while he was sleeping Cheyenne hits him on the head with a wrench, and takes off into the forest behind the house. Of course her plan is far from flawed considering it's snowing, she's really sick and she has no idea where she is. After hours of walking, Griffin catches up to her knowing his dad couldn't be far behind looking for her. He explains that he was going to help her and that he is still going to, but as they set out for the road Griffin steps in a hole concealed by the snow, and breaks his ankle. He absolutely cannot walk on it, so he points Cheyenne in the direction of the road to go get help.
When Cheyenne finally reaches the road, she's lucky enough to have a car pass by in just minutes. The car pulls over and she explains that she's been kidnapped. The person who pulled over says that they're a cop, but when Cheyenne gets in the car she quickly realize's she been tricked and it's actually Roy. All he had to do was change his voice a little bit. Cheyenne manages to get him out of the car and lock it. She also manages to "drive" a little bit which helps, but she can't see where she's going and Roy is trying to break the window. She uses Roy's cell phone to call 911 and only a few minutes later, a real cop is there and Cheyenne is saved.I thought this was a good book and one thing I really like was how part of it was told in Cheyenne's point of view. I liked that it went back and forth between Griffin's point of view and her's because it gave insight to what it was like for her, but it also gives the reader some real information and an image to put into their heads.