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How to Steal a Car

by Pete Hautman

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Publisher Comments:

From National Book Award winner Pete Hautman, the story of a girl who acts out by stealing cars.

Some girls act out by drinking or doing drugs. Some girls act out by sleeping with guys. Some girls act out by starving themselves or cutting themselves. Some girls act out by being a bitch to other girls.

Not Kelleigh. Kelleigh steals cars.

In How to Steal a Car, National Book Award winner Pete Hautman takes teen readers on a thrilling, scary ride through one suburban girl's turbulent life - one car theft at a time.

Review:

"Kelleigh Monahan, an atypically underprogrammed American teen, has just two assignments before the start of sophomore year: read Moby-Dick and write a 'how to' essay of 'acceptable quality.' She hangs at the mall with her best friend, Jen, and occasionally with their co-boyfriend, Will. Like a person who picks a fight in order to feel some emotion, Kelleigh starts stealing cars, first as a lark but quickly escalating to truly risky business. Kelleigh has no remorse; her introspection extends mostly to how her crimes compare to her lawyer father's use of a technicality to win the release of a serial rapist. 'Who's the real criminal here?' Hautman (Godless) seems to be asking. Kelleigh is a sharp observer, especially of her parents' strained marriage, and she has an appealing wisecracker's wit: 'Once you're a teenager, adults stop talking about the crazy stuff they used to do, and they start acting as if they were raised by the Amish.' Her worldview, however, remains bleak, as this what-I-did-last-summer story concludes: 'Sooner or later everybody turns out to be a disappointment.' Ages 13 — up. (Sept.)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

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In this thrilling novel, National Book Award winner Hautman takes teen readers on a scary ride through one suburban girl's turbulent life--one car theft at a time.
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ISBN:
9780545113182
Author:
Hautman, Pete
Publisher:
Scholastic Press
Subject:
Situations / Adolescence
Subject:
Family problems
Subject:
Family life
Subject:
Social Issues - Adolescence
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction-Adolescence
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction
Edition Description:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
20090931
Binding:
HARDCOVER
Grade Level:
from 8
Language:
English
Pages:
176
Dimensions:
8.25 x 5.5 in
Age Level:
from 13
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Product details 176 pages Scholastic Press - English 9780545113182 Reviews:
"Publishers Weekly Review" by , "Kelleigh Monahan, an atypically underprogrammed American teen, has just two assignments before the start of sophomore year: read Moby-Dick and write a 'how to' essay of 'acceptable quality.' She hangs at the mall with her best friend, Jen, and occasionally with their co-boyfriend, Will. Like a person who picks a fight in order to feel some emotion, Kelleigh starts stealing cars, first as a lark but quickly escalating to truly risky business. Kelleigh has no remorse; her introspection extends mostly to how her crimes compare to her lawyer father's use of a technicality to win the release of a serial rapist. 'Who's the real criminal here?' Hautman (Godless) seems to be asking. Kelleigh is a sharp observer, especially of her parents' strained marriage, and she has an appealing wisecracker's wit: 'Once you're a teenager, adults stop talking about the crazy stuff they used to do, and they start acting as if they were raised by the Amish.' Her worldview, however, remains bleak, as this what-I-did-last-summer story concludes: 'Sooner or later everybody turns out to be a disappointment.' Ages 13 — up. (Sept.)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
"Synopsis" by , In this thrilling novel, National Book Award winner Hautman takes teen readers on a scary ride through one suburban girl's turbulent life--one car theft at a time.
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