![]() She's even reading Moby Dick more or less of her own free will over summer break, for pete's sake.Ĭlearly, Kelleigh's brain has its share of what psychologists call "executive function" - according to Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman's fascinating book Nurture Shock, "Among these executive functions are the orchestration of thoughts to fulfill a goal, prediction of outcomes, and perceiving consequences of actions" (page 34).ĭespite all this, when presented with an opportunity to steal a car after she sees a man drops his keys, instead of returning them, 15-year-old Kelleigh and her learner's permit take the car on a sedate joy ride. They eat a family dinner together every night. ![]() ![]() She's the kind of girl who's never gotten into trouble, who has good grades and long-term friendships, who believes her mother is a truly nice person and whose father has always been gruffly affectionate. Kelleigh Monahan, the main character in Pete Hautman's young adult novel How to Steal a Car, is every parent's nightmare. ![]()
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