Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
It's not boredom that propels sixteen-year-old Harper Jacobs to engage in a series of not-quite-illegal break-ins, but rather a realistic anger that is shocking in its wholly earned intensity. The deal is that the kids in Harper's group agree to steal from each other-or rather, from each other's homes. When one is away for the weekend or on vacation with their family, others, equipped with a key and alarm codes, will enter. Everyone whose family Harper has stolen from has stolen from her family as well. And nobody steals anything that can't be replaced or that belongs directly to another member of the group. For Harper, it's payback for something she can't put into words. It helps her tolerate her hundred-proof oblivious parents and to forget that her lies got her druggie brother into hot water. Maybe he didn't steal from their parents, but he was doing drugs, so she thought he would have ended up in juvie anyway. When one of the members of the thieving group decides to change the rules, the friends break apart, and Harper isn't sure whose side she's on. Then, one by one, her friends start dying. Now she's racing against time to prove the deaths are connected before the murderer comes for her. Harper comes face-to-face with the moral dilemma that will make or break her, and, if she makes the wrong choice, maybe get her killed.
Synopsis
Sixteen-year-old Harper Jacobs and her bored friends make a pact to engage in a series of not-quite illegal break-ins. They steal from each other's homes, sharing their keys and alarm codes. But they don't take anything that can't be replaced by some retail therapy, so it's okay. It's thrilling. It's bad. And for Harper, it's payback for something she can't put into words-something to help her deal with her alcoholic mother, her delusional father, and to forget the lies she told that got her druggie brother arrested. It's not like Daniel wasn't rehab bound anyway. So everything is okay-until the bold but aggravating Alex, looking to up the ante, suggests they break into the home of a classmate. It's crossing a line, but Harper no longer cares. She's proud of it. Until one of the group turns up dead, and Harper comes face-to-face with the moral dilemma that will make or break her-and, if she makes the wrong choice, will get her killed.