shoplifting

"The shoplifters anonymous meetings that sixteen-year-old Moe is forced to attend are usually punctuated by the snores of an old man and the whining of the world's unhappiest housewife. Until the day Tabitha and Elodie walk in. Tabitha has just about everything she wants: money, friends, popularity, a hot boyfriend, who worships her... and clearly a yen for stealing. So does Elodie, who, despite her goody-two-shoes attitude , pretty much has klepto written across her forehead in indelible marker. But both of them are nothing compared to Moe, a bad girl with an even worse reputation. Tabitha, Elodie, and Moe: a queen bee, a wallflower, and a burnout. A more unlikely trio high school has rarely seen. And yet when Tabitha challenges them to a steal-off, they forge a strange alliance, linked by the thrill of stealing and the reasons that spawn it. Screenwriter of Legally Blonde and 10 Things I Hate About You, Kirsten Smith tells this story from multiple perspectives with humor and warmth as three very different girls who are supposed to be learning the steps to recovery end up learning the rules of friendship."--Back cover.

Examines the real-life costs of shoplifting to retailers and consumers, explaining shoplifting-related inflation, and discussing the history of anti-theft technology and the evolution of punishments and treatments for shoplifters.

Explores the increase in shoplifting through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and examines the use of detective services, surveillance equipment, and the judicial system in an attempt to address the problem.

Ginger needs her new friend for protection at her new school, but in return she is expected to be a party to shoplifting.

Kat dreads the return of her sister, Hannah, from a home for troubled teens and turns to shoplifting, which escalates the closer Hannah gets to coming home.

"No one looking at Morgan Kemper would think she had a secret--at least not one that she's deeply ashamed of. To everyone she meets, she comes across as sweet, pretty, and put together. But Morgan knows that looks can be deceiving. For over a year, she's shoplifted countless pieces of clothing and makeup. Each time, she tells herself it will be the last, and each time, it never is. But when she's caught and sentenced to thirty hours of community service, the image Morgan has carefully constructed starts to crumble. She's determined to complete her punishment without her friends discovering the truth about her sticky fingers, but that's easier said than done . . . especially once she meets Eli, the charming, handsome nephew of the owner of the charity shop where Morgan is volunteering. Soon Morgan is faced with an impossible decision: continue to conceal the truth or admit that she's lied to everyone in her life, including the boy she's falling for"--Jacket.

When three Lake Oswego High School girls from different social groups, good-girl Elodie, popular Tabitha, and tough Moe, meet in a rehabilitation group, they discover they have much more in common than shoplifting.

A mousey brunette who goes unnoticed at her high school discovers that she has a sneaky, wild side when she teams up with a flashy blonde classmate to shoplift from upscale stores in the local mall.

Thirteen-year-old Sherri must move with her family to Calgary where she faces a new school without a single friend. She meets Samantha and becomes friends with her, but when they are accused of shoplifting, Sherri has to examine her choices.

When the Baby-sitters are assigned jobs at the Washington Mall, they see shoplifting and expensive things being stolen. Stacey has a big scare, and the group is determined to solve the mystery.