How to Steal a Car is certainly much shorter of a book than I thought it would be. I easily read it in one sitting, and was left wanting a little more than it had to give. 
 The narrative voice of Kelleigh our car thief is very fluid and often times humorous, which was the big plus of the story for me. Ultimately, the length of the book was the downfall - with little time to build the world or characters, nothing really stuck with me afterwards, making this book an 'okay' read rather than a great one. 
 The author Pete Hautman has won awards for his writing, and has many more published books than I realized. I am very interested in reading some of his other works, especially if they have a chance to go a little deeper than we did with Kelleigh - we never get to explore exactly why she is acting as she does in the book. 
 An okay read, How to Steal a Car may be good for reluctant readers because of the length, but wasn't anything spectacular to me. Another foray into Hautman's books is in my near future, and I hope to report back with success!