Stealing Heaven by Elizabeth Scott
Reading level: Young Adult Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: HarperTeen; Reprint edition (June 23, 2009) BOOK DESCRIPTION: My name is Danielle. I'm eighteen. I've been stealing things for as long as I can remember. Dani has been trained as a thief by the best there is--her mother. They never stay in one place long enough for Dani to have real connections, real friends--a real life. But in the town of Heaven, everything changes. Suddenly, Dani must question where her loyalties lie: with the life she's always known--or the one she's always wanted. MY REVIEW: Reading the first three lines on the back jacket of this book immediately hooked me. Scott's premise of a teen raised by a professional thief for a mom was intriguing, and a welcome break from the paranormal and fantasy novels I usually indulge in. What I discovered was a highly entertaining book full of charming and fully fleshed out characters. I felt for Dani, understood her plight of not wanting to h...