EVER SINCE HER brother MarkтАЩs accidental death, 15-year-old Lindsey has become the good girlтАФgood daughter, good friend, good student. She places everyoneтАЩs needs before her own. Secretly, though, sheтАЩs frustrated by her familyтАЩs silence about Mark; she wishes she had the nerve to tell off one of her so-called best friends, a queen bee who wants the new boy at school for herself; and she longs to ditch obligations that prevent her from starring in the school musical. But instead of speaking her mind, Lindsey does something else . . . she starts to stealтАФand immediately wonders how good she really is.
All the pressure to be what others expect fuels LindseyтАЩs impulse to take things. Each time the risk becomes greater, and each time she thinks sheтАЩll be caught. Wants to be caught. And then, finally, she is. . . .