How to Steal a Car

Peter Hautman, www.peterhautman.com has written a nice easy reading short (170 pgs) book/novella that should appeal to teens. The title is true to the plot; a girl steals cars for fun, but is otherwise a model child, who doesn't smoke, toke, drink, or talk back to adults. It is interesting because she doesn't trash the cars, and doesn't use them for other crimes, she just happens to see a man drop his keys one day and off she goes. Hautman crafts a believable story with believable characters in a contemporary setting.

There is not too much to this book but I still enjoyed it for what it was.