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Grade 10 Up—Danielle, 18, has been a thief all her life. Moving from town to town, she and her mom stay around only long enough to canvas the rich and steal their silver. When she was 15, they moved on at Danielle's request, after she had sex for "the first and only time" with her mother's 20-year-old boyfriend. It's a lifestyle the teen is used to, but she's beginning to long for something more. She wants roots, friends, and a place to call home. When they hit the small resort town of Heaven, Danielle knows the routine. Her mom will chat up the men for information and she, now using the name Sydney, is supposed to do the same with her peers. Only something goes wrong, and "Sydney" begins to make friends with the mark, flirt with a local cop, and generally do everything her mom's always told her to avoid. And when it's time for the heist, Danielle is no longer sure she can follow her mom's demands. This story is deceptively touching. Danielle and her mother are both fully developed, as are the secondary characters of Allison (the friend) and Greg (the young cop). The overriding theme of living up to a parent's expectations instead of following your own path is universal, but the twist of a family of thieves gives the story originality.
this book was actually really interesting. I would ignore the grade 10 and up because I'm in 8th grade and I read this book with no problems. I mean nothing bad really happened. Danielle did have sex with her mom's 20 year old boyfriend but it was barely mentioned.
This book was amazing. Danielle's life was... well i don't know, it was sad her mother seemed kind of crazy with the obsession of stealing. Claiming that Danielle didn't need to go to school because she claimed that she could teach Danielle everything that she needed to learn in life. When they move to Heaven, Danielle knows what she has to do, steal from the mansion that belongs to the Donaldsons. When Danielle sneaks into the private beach looking for some information on the Donaldsons, she meets Allison a girl who will change her life, acting like her first real friend.
Then Danielle meets Greg, the guy who won't leave her alone, the guy who she actually starts to have feelings for. Greg is a funny looking guy who has hair with the combination of red, dark blonde and brown, Greg meets Danielle at the super market one day and wouldn't leave her alone since. Danielle who has a wall built up so high that it's hard to really get to know her, rejects him countless times. But as the author reveals, Danielle actually likes Greg, gets a funny feeling when he talks to her, but then she finds out he's a cop! This should stop any further feelings she has for Greg. Shouldn't it?
Danielle has more problems coming towards her, she keeps the secret of Greg the cop, and hides the fact that Allison is actually a Donaldson, how can Danielle steal from the only friend she has ever had, who doesn't care where she lives or that she's a maid and actually shows her off to the rich snobs who have "sticks up their asses." But who will Danielle choose? The life she has always known (the one where she has either waited for her mother, while she would steal countless items from the people they have met the night before) or the one where she can finally be normal (where she can have a friend and a boyfriend who is a cop, the one where she can own something of her own and keep it forever.)
Overall this book
was AMAZING!
4 stars!
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