Was was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America. With sardonic, subversive humor, this is vintage Hautman sure to appeal to males as well as females. Pete Hautman is the author of Godless, which won the National Book Award, and many other critically acclaimed books for teens and adults, including Blank Confession, All-In, Rash, No Limit, and Invisible. She chooses Moby Dick and begins writing about “How to Steal a Car.” As the summer progresses she also comes to realizations about her father’s morally ambiguous job as a defense attorney who is currently working to keep a serial rapist out of jail on a technicality. Kelleigh has two summer assignments: to read a book and then post a review and writing a how-to essay. Her second theft was to help Will, the boyfriend that she and Jen share (but not really), get back at the class jerk, who spreads the rumor that Will is gay. She doesn’t set out to be a car thief it just kind of unfolds with different reasons for each time she drives someone’s car without their knowledge until she is deeply involved with stealing cars for Deke, a former car thief himself who is on probation. She and Jen go for a joy ride and she gets an adrenaline rush from the thrill of stealing a car, but not really stealing it. While hanging out at the mall with her best friend, Jen, a guy drops his keys and Kelleigh picks them up. Kelleigh Monahan is bored bored with her suburban Minneapolis life of strip malls, country club swimming pools, and her parents’ deteriorating marriage.
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