Name: How to Lead a Life of Crime
ISBN: 9781595146496

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Criminal Ambition

A cutthroat school, teenage rivals, and an old flame make for tense, high-stakes reading.

Come here for

A crime-school premise with a ruthless edge
Rivalry sharpened by old feelings

Expect

Suspense built around a single graduate’s chance
A fierce contest with survival at stake

Book Details

Authors: Kirsten Miller
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: February 20, 2014
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: YA Crime Thrillers · Peer Pressure for Teens
Reading lane: YA Crime Thrillers

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Publisher Categories

YA Stories About Boys & Men
YA Crime & Law
Boarding School YA

About This Book

A meth dealer. A prostitute. A serial killer. Anywhere else, they’d be vermin. At the Mandel Academy, they’re called prodigies. The most exclusive school in New York City has been training young criminals for over a century. Only the most ruthless students are allowed to graduate. The rest disappear. Flick, a teenage pickpocket, has risen to the top of his class. But then Mandel recruits a fierce new competitor who also happens to be Flick’s old flame. They’ve been told only...

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A meth dealer. A prostitute. A serial killer. Anywhere else, they’d be vermin. At the Mandel Academy, they’re called prodigies. The most exclusive school in New York City has been training young criminals for over a century. Only the most ruthless students are allowed to graduate. The rest disappear. Flick, a teenage pickpocket, has risen to the top of his class. But then Mandel recruits a fierce new competitor who also happens to be Flick’s old flame. They’ve been told only one of them will make it out of the Mandel Academy. Will they find a way to save each other—or will the school destroy them both?