Stealing

  • ?? - Tangles
  • Adler, David A. - Onion Sundaes
  • Armstrong, William Howard - Sounder
  • Ashley, Bernard - Janey (a young girl assists her criminal stepfather with his burglaries, until she befriends one of his intended victims, and ultimately rebels against him)
  • Baer - The Easter Bunny Gang
  • Blume, Judy - Then Again, Maybe I Won't -the hero resists pressure from another boy to get involved in shoplifting.
  • Campbell, Joanna - Cindy's Runaway Colt
  • Carbone, Elisa Lynn - Stealing Freedom
  • Carlson - Arnie and the Stolen Markers.
  • Casanova, Mary - Stealing Thunder
  • Chambers, Veronica - Quinceanera Means Sweet Sixteen, two best friends prepare for their coming-out parties, one pays dearly for allowing herself to fall in with thrill-seeking shoplifters.
  • Charnas, Suzy McKee - The Silver Glove
  • Christopher, Matt - Undercover Tailback
  • Cleary, Beverly - Dear Mr. Henshaw His mom is a caterer and puts great food in his lunches.  But, alas, someone is stealing his good food.
  • Clover, Peter - Sheltie the Shetland Pony
  • Cole, Brock. - The Goats, the two children steal clothes and other needed items from cabins.  The girl keeps a record of what they take.
  • Couloumbis, Audrey - Say Yes, About a young girl left alone when her stepmother runs off with a boyfriend. The girl is befriended by an older boy who coaches her to steal from an elderly lady. It's a modern urban survival story dealing with honesty, friendship and loyalty.
  • DeClement, Barthe - Five Finger Discount
  • Dixon, Franklin W. - Mystery of Smugglers Cove
  • Ernst, Kathleen - Trouble at Fort la Pointe
  • Ferris, Jean - Bad, even though it deals with flat-out robbery, not stealing, and there is certainly a difference in the legal sense between the two!
  • Flake, S. - Money Hungry
  • Friedman, Michael Jan - The Stolen Trophy
  • Godden, Rumer - Candy Floss" and "Miss Happiness and Miss Flower" deal with small girls who steal dolls that they covet
  • Hitchman, Janet - The King of the Barbareens (autobiography of a woman brought up in a series of foster homes and institutions; stealing was one of her reactions to the material and emotional deprivation that she experienced)
  • Jones, Elizabeth McDavid - Watcher in the Piney Woods
  • Kehret -  Cages It is a novel about a young girl who steals a bracelet out of frustration and the consequences afterward.
  • Kehret, Peg. - Cages, "good girl" faces consequences of shoplifting.
  • Keller, Holly - That's Mine; Horace finds a truck and tries to claim it as his own even though a classmate says it is his.
  • Levy, Elizabeth - The Computer That Said Steal Me
  • Lowry, Lois. - All About Sam.  Sam takes a pack of gum from the supermarket.  He feels so badly about it that he starts to cry.  He and his mom then return to the market, apologize to the manager, pay for the gum and then throw the gum away.
  • Martin, Ann M. - Logan Bruno, boy Baby-Sitter
  • Myers, Walter Dean - Monster by Walter Dean Myers, boy serving as "lookout" during armed robbery faces big consequences
  • Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds - Shiloh, boy's theft of dog from abusive owner.
  • Nolan, Han - Born Blue (Girl has a whole passel of other issues, but stealing is one of them, 14 and up).
  • Peters, Julie Anne - A Snitch in the Snob Squad
  • Roy, Ron - The Missing Mummy
  • Rue, Nancy N. - The Mirage
  • Slote, Alfred - Stranger on the Ballpark
  • Smith - Adam Joshua--  who steals his favorite superman book from the library.  Everyone was waiting for this book which was missing.  He just wanted to draw the book himself so he would have it.
  • Snicket, Lemony - The Ersatz Elevator
  • Speregen, Devra - To Cheat or not to Cheat
  • Warner, Gertrude Chandler - The Mystery in New York
  • Williams, Vera - Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart.  The children's father is in jail because he stole money  [forged a check] from his workplace.  It would show the wide reaching  effect of such an action.
  • Wilson, Jacqueline - Bad Girls. Ten year old Mandy must endure torment from three nasty bullies in school, but she finds solace in a new friendship with an older girl.
  • Wright, Betty Ren - A Ghost in the Window
  • Yep, Laurence - Thief of Hearts
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