Heist School, The Family Business

Heist School, The Family Business is a cross-genre Young Adult Thriller and Commercial Fiction novel that introduces you to Ally Robison as she struggles through life at an elite high school academy while having to provide an income for her family by night. Being the fifteen-year-old daughter of an ex-British special forces father and an Olympic gymnast mother, Ally trains endlessly in the finer skills of being a thief as she is a member of The Family, an international ring of thieves. With the financial burden of her father's failed business ventures and continuing medical bills brought on by her seriously ill younger brother, Ally, along with her father and mother steal from the ultra-wealthy to provide an income and critical medical care. If being a thief was Ally's only complication, she could stay focused and manage just fine, however, Deerfield Landmark Academy presents a challenging atmosphere brought on by an ingrained culture of bullying. The adventure deepens as Ally comes across more than she expects when she finds out the dark secrets of her classmates, the school principal, and a corrupt law firm. She will not walk away from a fight until she has won, and justice is served.