TUCKER, Ga. -- Quick thinking by a DeKalb County teenager may have saved her life, police said Monday.

Two men tried to kidnap the girl near Tucker Middle School Monday night, police said.

The 14-year-old was on her way home from dance practice when a black van pulled up, and the men tried to grab her, Police said, adding that the girl got away when she stabbed one of the men in the arm with a pencil. The girl was not seriously hurt, police said.

"Thank God, I thank my Father that's she's home, because she could not be here right now. I could be looking for my baby, so I just thank God that she's home and she's safe and that's all that matters to me," said Allicia Brown, the girl's mother. "I'm glad that she just didn't become a victim and let them take her. She is a very strong strong baby."

Even though their apartment complex is less than a block away from the school, Brown said she wishes she had been there to pick her daughter up.

Brown told CBS 46 that her daughter recognized the black van and had seen it near the school last Thursday. Police are looking for the van and the two men.