Stealing Heaven
by Elizabeth Scott
reviewed by Natalie Niu, class of 2015
This is an amazing and impressive book, which depicts an 18 years old girl’s struggle to let go of her former, dangerous life that her family established for her. Instead of being a normal, happy girl as other do, Daniel is a thief and all she pursuits are silver. The most surprising things I first read was about her mom. Her mom has been raised her that way, with not education, no future, only a life of deception and thievery. Since her father in jail and her mom is becoming more and more obsessed with stealing, Daniel gradually grows disenchanted with her current lifestyle. However, she cannot abandon her mom. It made me even more curious about what things will save Daniel from this dangerous situation. The change comes when they arrive in a beach town Heaven. She feels the human connection in there as she made two friends. She longs for that human connection because she has never get to know about the world around her since she starts being a thief when she is little. Then she starts to recognize the choice she has to make—go back to the life she’s always known, or choose a life that she’s always expecting secretly. Besides the story, Daniel is a really wonderful, cute character for me. Even though at the beginning it was hard to believe a 18-years old girl being a thief, however, I changed my views on her after reading more about the story. She’s always been a quiet and mysterious girl who secretly dreams of having friends, longs for human connections. This lukewarm novel is really impressive and deals with some very teenage girl problem. I believe this book can be very inspiring and amazing for any teenage girls! I highly recommend you to read it.
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