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.
Chapters 23-26Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 23 Summary: “Time to Act”
It is two in the morning, and Cheyenne decides it is time to escape. The men have left the house, and Griffin is asleep. She takes the glass shard and cuts her ankle free. She finds a heavy wrench and hits Griffin on the head with it.
Chapter 24 Summary: “Before They Come Back”
Crying, Cheyenne worries that she has killed Griffin, especially since she had to hit him twice before he lost consciousness. She looks for a substitute for her cane and realizes there must be car antennas lying around. She finds one in the yard, but it is not very long. Duke rushes toward her, barking. He stops, and his breathing reminds her of Phantom. She feeds him some kibble from her pocket and unchains him. She creates a leash for Duke by using her belt and allows him to lead her away from the house toward the woods.
Chapter 25 Summary: “The Wind Creates the Trees”
Duke and Cheyenne make their way through the woods, walking for a long time while it gets colder. As dawn breaks, Duke runs away, chasing after a small animal, and Cheyenne is alone. It is getting lighter. She finds a branch that is long enough for a cane and keeps on going.
Chapter 26 Summary: “Coming Closer by the Second”
Cheyenne hears a person behind her and tries to find a place to hide. A cough gives her away, and Griffin finds her. Griffin has been able to follow her and tells her he had been planning to help her get away. He realized that his father would not have let her go.
Chapters 23-26 Analysis
This is the first section of chapters where the point of view does not alternate. Chapters 23 to 26 are written from Cheyenne’s point of view and describe her escape. Maintaining her perspective makes sense for several narrative purposes: Cheyenne does not interact much with other characters, and the lack of narrative interruption from her isolation builds tension and excitement, emphasizing the experience of walking through the woods blind.
The importance of building trust in relationships is reflected in Cheyenne’s decision to use Duke to guide her. Buoyed by her experience with Phantom, she gains Duke’s compliance using affection and treats, which suggests that those who have suffered abuse can be rehabilitated through kindness. Duke does eventually run away, but readers later find out that Cheyenne does not give up on training him. When Griffin arrives to help her, he cements the trust between them by revealing that he did not threaten her with a gun earlier, but rather with a lighter.
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