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44th out of 70 books
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Heist Society (Heist Society #1)
by
Ally Carter
When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her on a trip to the Louvre...to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie traveled to Austria... to steal the crown jewels. When Kat turned fifteen, she planned a con of her own--scamming her way into the best boarding school in the country, determined to leave the family business behind. Unfortunately...more
Kindle Edition, 337 pages
Published
February 9th 2010
by Disney Hyperion
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Jul 13, 2010
Kat Kennedy
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3 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
Teenagers. The real kind - the ones with pimples
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My husband once told me a story about a neighbour he had before his family moved to our city. His very friendly, community conscious neighbour had a mower stollen one night by a couple of drunken goons. His parents gave him their sympathy and inquired as to why he didn't call the police. He replied that he didn't need to.
Whoever this man really was and whatever he really did, I won't expound on. It's enough to say that two days later his mower was returned to his yard. Cleaned. With a free case...more
Whoever this man really was and whatever he really did, I won't expound on. It's enough to say that two days later his mower was returned to his yard. Cleaned. With a free case...more
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Who is in the Heist Society?
* One of them is a mini Sydney-Bristow-in-training, whose family has been falsely accused, and she's armed with a big attitude and huge problems.
* Then there is the handsome and debonair millionaire thief who compares dancing to navigating through a laser grid.
* There is also the beauty who is literally electrifying in high heels and a skirt. At least, when she gets too close to priceless works of art.
* Two of them are the ones who'...more
Who is in the Heist Society?
* One of them is a mini Sydney-Bristow-in-training, whose family has been falsely accused, and she's armed with a big attitude and huge problems.
* Then there is the handsome and debonair millionaire thief who compares dancing to navigating through a laser grid.
* There is also the beauty who is literally electrifying in high heels and a skirt. At least, when she gets too close to priceless works of art.
* Two of them are the ones who'...more
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Jul 16, 2011
Heather
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5 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
to people who liked the movie Ocean's Eleven or just looking for something new
I love it when you get excited when seeing a book you never heard of before, and then while reading, it turns out to be fantastic, instead of the opposite. I am now a huge fan of Ally Carter's. I have her other series (the Gallagher Girls), but I just haven't had the time to read them yet...what, with so many other books to read, but not now. I wont wait to read them.
I can see this series becoming my new YA favorite.
I loved the characters and the twist and turns in the plot-line. It wasn't pred...more
I can see this series becoming my new YA favorite.
I loved the characters and the twist and turns in the plot-line. It wasn't pred...more
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I love tales about thieves and con artists, book series like The Curse Workers and movies like Ocean’s Eleven. I love it when seemingly random events come together neatly and cleverly in the end. Therefore, I loved Heist Society. It is admittedly not as clever as White Cat, for example, but I had a hard time putting it down and that’s a big deal these days.
Fifteen-year-old Katarina Bishop is a very experienced con artist. She may be ridiculously young, but in her line of work, she’s one of the b...more
Fifteen-year-old Katarina Bishop is a very experienced con artist. She may be ridiculously young, but in her line of work, she’s one of the b...more
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Okay, the only reason I wanted to read this book was because I took a course called “Art in Popular Literature” and it was an awesome class that really sparked my interest in art. Perhaps that wasn’t the right perspective to view this book from because the complete absence and respect paid to the true real works of art in this book left me absolutely pissed.
First of all, for the majority of the book I was so confused. All the amounts of names for characters we had to keep track of and backstory...more
First of all, for the majority of the book I was so confused. All the amounts of names for characters we had to keep track of and backstory...more
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After a childhood spent assisting her father, one of the world’s most talented art thieves, Katarina Bishop tries to leave the family business behind when she forges her way into a New England boarding school.
She quickly discovers, though, that her past is inescapable. Her father has been accused of stealing already stolen masterpieces from a dangerous Italian billionaire. Certain that her father is innocent, Kat resolves to find the missing paintings and return them to their unsavory owner, wh...more
She quickly discovers, though, that her past is inescapable. Her father has been accused of stealing already stolen masterpieces from a dangerous Italian billionaire. Certain that her father is innocent, Kat resolves to find the missing paintings and return them to their unsavory owner, wh...more
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Definitely 5 stars! Put it this way, I got this on audiobook from the library, finished it today in the car on the way to work, and stopped at the book store on the way home from work to buy a copy to keep. What a great premise! A bunch of preteens pulling off an Ocean's 11 worthy heist all in the name of saving family.
Katerina Bishop (such a fantastic name) is the daughter of Bobby Bishop - one of the world's greatest thief's - and she is well on her way to being the same. She pulled her first...more
Katerina Bishop (such a fantastic name) is the daughter of Bobby Bishop - one of the world's greatest thief's - and she is well on her way to being the same. She pulled her first...more
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Nov 07, 2012
Jennifer Wardrip
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Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel for TeensReadToo.com
Kat used to lead a life of danger before she pulled her biggest con ever and walked away from a life of thievery to attend boarding school. Her enrollment lasts a few months before her old life comes crashing in on her and her plans.
She's framed for a prank she didn't commit, but that will nonetheless result in her expulsion from school. Quickly she realizes this dismissal is the work of an old family friend. He's here to tell her that her master t...more
Kat used to lead a life of danger before she pulled her biggest con ever and walked away from a life of thievery to attend boarding school. Her enrollment lasts a few months before her old life comes crashing in on her and her plans.
She's framed for a prank she didn't commit, but that will nonetheless result in her expulsion from school. Quickly she realizes this dismissal is the work of an old family friend. He's here to tell her that her master t...more
I haven't read an Ally Carter book in a while so I forgot how much I love them. This one is no exception. I am pretty stingy with perfect ratings but Heist Society deserves it!
Katarina Bishop has given up the family business, or so she thinks. When an old friend shows up with a message she is plunged right back in. How can she turn away when it's her father's life on the line? She can't, so with the help of her teenaged crew she plans the biggest robbery of her career. Will she succeed or will s...more
Katarina Bishop has given up the family business, or so she thinks. When an old friend shows up with a message she is plunged right back in. How can she turn away when it's her father's life on the line? She can't, so with the help of her teenaged crew she plans the biggest robbery of her career. Will she succeed or will s...more
As a fan of Ally Carter's Gallagher Girls series, I was surprised to find out that she was coming out with another series. However, surprise quickly turned into anticipation after I read the summary of Heist Society, especially since it was about thieves.
Heist Society was a great, quick read. The plot was suspenseful, full of twists and turns; the characters were unique and interesting; and the writing was quite dramatic at times, making certain scenes have more of an impact to the story.
I reall...more
Heist Society was a great, quick read. The plot was suspenseful, full of twists and turns; the characters were unique and interesting; and the writing was quite dramatic at times, making certain scenes have more of an impact to the story.
I reall...more
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I'll be honest, what first drew me to this book was the cover. I spotted it on a blog I was browsing and clicked over to Goodreads to learn more. I quickly learned it was teen fiction with an engaging plot straight out of Ocean's Eleven or The Italian Job. Those are two movies that I absolutely love, by the way. I minored in Art History as an undergrad so I'm instantly attracted to any type of book related to art, especially if it has to do with crime.
The book starts out with Kat getting expell...more
The book starts out with Kat getting expell...more
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Rezension:
Kat hat die Schnauze von ihrer Familie voll. Sie will keine Meisterdiebin mehr sein und flüchtet deswegen auf ein Internat, stiehlt sich aber auch hier ihre Identität. Es stellt sich schnell heraus, dass jemand möchte, dass sie von der Schule fliegt - Ihr alter Freund Hale. Doch sein Anliegen ist nicht selbstbezogen - jedenfalls nicht in ganzer Hinsicht.
Ihr Vater steckt in Gefahr. Ein gefährlicher Mafiaboss vermisst eines seiner Gemälde und beschuldet ihren Vater, es gestohlen zu haben...more
Kat hat die Schnauze von ihrer Familie voll. Sie will keine Meisterdiebin mehr sein und flüchtet deswegen auf ein Internat, stiehlt sich aber auch hier ihre Identität. Es stellt sich schnell heraus, dass jemand möchte, dass sie von der Schule fliegt - Ihr alter Freund Hale. Doch sein Anliegen ist nicht selbstbezogen - jedenfalls nicht in ganzer Hinsicht.
Ihr Vater steckt in Gefahr. Ein gefährlicher Mafiaboss vermisst eines seiner Gemälde und beschuldet ihren Vater, es gestohlen zu haben...more
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A fast-paced globetrotting adventure, Heist Society is good page-turning fun. It's a bit like an Ocean's Eleven (or seven, in this case) for teens.
Katarina Bishop is your typical young-adult heroine, i.e. she's atypically smart, observant, witty, and a babe who doesn't yet think she is attractive. She's surrounded by a motley crew of other young thieves--lifelong friend Hale, her busty cousin Gabrielle, a pair of brothers, a computer expert, and a hot young newcomer whom she might have reason no...more
Katarina Bishop is your typical young-adult heroine, i.e. she's atypically smart, observant, witty, and a babe who doesn't yet think she is attractive. She's surrounded by a motley crew of other young thieves--lifelong friend Hale, her busty cousin Gabrielle, a pair of brothers, a computer expert, and a hot young newcomer whom she might have reason no...more
Sep 08, 2012
Kereesa
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
YAers 13-16.
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I'm a sucker for thieves. Girl thieves, boy thieves, teenage thieves with angsty problems. It's one of the reasons I love Artemis Fowl so much. (Besides the funnies, the characters, the plot, the scifi...) It's like my obsession with assassins. I love thieves in the same way. They're sneaky, crafty, and usually have crazy plots to go with the fast pace they're written in.
It's also the reason why I usually end up getting sucked into buying assassiny (it's a word now!) or thief-centered novels ev...more
It's also the reason why I usually end up getting sucked into buying assassiny (it's a word now!) or thief-centered novels ev...more
I know know if it's just me getting old and pessimistic about everything, but I didn't really like Heist Society by Ally Carter. It might be because I disliked the Danish translation or because I'm simply too old to care for young adults reading about young adults with a twisted life.
In my opinion it would have been a whole lot better if the novel was told by a first person narrator, and what would have been even better was if Kat was in her twenties (I really must be too old for this kind of b...more
In my opinion it would have been a whole lot better if the novel was told by a first person narrator, and what would have been even better was if Kat was in her twenties (I really must be too old for this kind of b...more
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Characters:
The characters of Heist Society are endearing, and really the stars of the show; Kat and Hale particularly stood out for me. Kat's confident in her thieving (to the point of recklessness at times) and yet vulnerable about her future and her role in her family. She's arguably mature in some instances and not so mature in others — in other words, she's just like any teen despite her unusual circumstances. She's still just trying to figure out what she wants in life. I would have liked t...more
The characters of Heist Society are endearing, and really the stars of the show; Kat and Hale particularly stood out for me. Kat's confident in her thieving (to the point of recklessness at times) and yet vulnerable about her future and her role in her family. She's arguably mature in some instances and not so mature in others — in other words, she's just like any teen despite her unusual circumstances. She's still just trying to figure out what she wants in life. I would have liked t...more
Three stars in the best way possible. :)
This is the story of Katarina Bishop. She is a teenager, a boarding school reject, and an unambiguously moralistic thief. Kat and her posse of fellow teen thieves are on a mission to clear her dad's name of a dangerous crime before the dude he supposedly ripped off (who has the coolest name ever, Arturo Taccone) uses her father as an example of what happens when Mr. Taccone is crossed. Intrigue!
Honestly, the beginning chapters did not grab me. At all. I th...more
This is the story of Katarina Bishop. She is a teenager, a boarding school reject, and an unambiguously moralistic thief. Kat and her posse of fellow teen thieves are on a mission to clear her dad's name of a dangerous crime before the dude he supposedly ripped off (who has the coolest name ever, Arturo Taccone) uses her father as an example of what happens when Mr. Taccone is crossed. Intrigue!
Honestly, the beginning chapters did not grab me. At all. I th...more
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Loved it! Hilarious, intriguing and realistically well-woven!
The world of thieves is a real buzz - especially when the characters in question are essentially a team of mischievous, energetic, IQ-blows-all-standarts teens; a group of young adults who are not just ready to face the world, but have grown up facing it, and so have developed a sense of disillusionment, some sarcastic tendencies, a love for danger and excitement, along with ties of friendship that turn them more into a self-sufficient...more
The world of thieves is a real buzz - especially when the characters in question are essentially a team of mischievous, energetic, IQ-blows-all-standarts teens; a group of young adults who are not just ready to face the world, but have grown up facing it, and so have developed a sense of disillusionment, some sarcastic tendencies, a love for danger and excitement, along with ties of friendship that turn them more into a self-sufficient...more
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"Why are you doing this, Hale?...You could do anything, why are you doing this?"
Heist Society appears to be the typical Ally Carter's novel; spies and everything else mysterious. This time in Heist Society, she's going for the professional thieves!
Katarina Bishop just wants to be normal and to achieve that, she walked out of The Life.
But since it runs in the family...she has to do this one; her father's in trouble.
All she had to do was steal 5 paintings...it's ea...more
"Why are you doing this, Hale?...You could do anything, why are you doing this?"
Heist Society appears to be the typical Ally Carter's novel; spies and everything else mysterious. This time in Heist Society, she's going for the professional thieves!
Katarina Bishop just wants to be normal and to achieve that, she walked out of The Life.
But since it runs in the family...she has to do this one; her father's in trouble.
All she had to do was steal 5 paintings...it's ea...more
I have been looking forward to this book for months, so maybe that's why I was a little bit disappointed with it. Nevertheless, it was still enjoyable. I liked Kat a lot, which is important for me: I have to like the main character to enjoy a book. I loved the whole "family business" element... I know Ally is a fan of Alias, and I think the book had a similar feel to it, even though it's her other books that are about spies, not this one. One negative is that I didn't like that the back story wa...more
HEIST SOCIETY is absolutely amazing! When I heard that the amazing Ally Carter was writing a new book that wasn’t a Gallagher Girls book, I was intrigued. After reading the premise I was unbelievably excited. Ally Carter continues to write books that rock my socks off. For readers who love the GG books, HEIST SOCIETY is a must read and won’t disappoint. For those of you who haven’t read an Ally Carter book, for goodness sake, what are you doing!? Go out and pick one up now!
First off, I have to s...more
First off, I have to s...more
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2.5 Stars
Before Reading
When I first read the summary of Heist Society, it appealed to me more than her "Gallagher Girls" series. To be honest, I'm not too sure why. I guess I just liked the idea of a young thief better than the idea of a school for spies (Sounds too much like Spy Kids, if you know what I mean. Liked those movies when I was younger, laughed at the idea of going to the new one today).
For a long time I wanted to try one of Carter's books, and so I chose this one.
Not entirely sure I...more
Before Reading
When I first read the summary of Heist Society, it appealed to me more than her "Gallagher Girls" series. To be honest, I'm not too sure why. I guess I just liked the idea of a young thief better than the idea of a school for spies (Sounds too much like Spy Kids, if you know what I mean. Liked those movies when I was younger, laughed at the idea of going to the new one today).
For a long time I wanted to try one of Carter's books, and so I chose this one.
Not entirely sure I...more
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Feb 07, 2013
Elevetha Houre
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Recommends it for:
Everyone
Recommended to Elevetha by:
Miss Clark
4.5 stars.
I do not have the ability to express exactly why I love this book. Needless to say, it's really really good.
The camaraderie and friendship between everyone is one of my many favorite aspects of Heist 1. Everything about this book is amazing. The characters, the cons, the writing, the story, etc.
Fan Mix
1. Stolen (Dashboard Confessional) - Kat and Hale
2. Arms (Christina Perri) - Kat & Hale
3. All Yours (Metric) - Kat & Hale
4. I’m Coming Home (Holly Brook\Skyler Grey. Just her pa...more
Katarina Bishop just wants a normal, average life. She has had enough adventure and globetrotting to last her a lifetime. In an effort to take control and change the direction of her life, Kat enrolls at Colgon School, which is an incredibly prestigious prep school. However, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. When the headmaster’s Porsche ends up on a roof, Kat is blamed and forced back into the Heist Society that she desperately wanted to leave.
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4.5 stars
Kat's family business isn't your typical venture. For this 15 year old, learning how to pull off a con or steal from a maximum security facility was like learning to tie your shoes or ride a bike. It's just what you learn how to do, surrounded by the people who know the ropes. And even though she had decided she was done with that life, a family friend with connections gives her the perfect reason to do one last job: some incredible artwork has been stolen and her dad has been framed.
Ti...more
Kat's family business isn't your typical venture. For this 15 year old, learning how to pull off a con or steal from a maximum security facility was like learning to tie your shoes or ride a bike. It's just what you learn how to do, surrounded by the people who know the ropes. And even though she had decided she was done with that life, a family friend with connections gives her the perfect reason to do one last job: some incredible artwork has been stolen and her dad has been framed.
Ti...more
Katarina Bishop is from a crime family. No, not the mafia. She is from a family of thieves. Her parents started using her for a decoy when she was three. Now she has pulled her own con to leave the family and get into a prestigious boarding school, but someone is trying to frame her to get her kicked out of school. Why would anyone do that?
Her Dad, even though he says he doesn’t want it, needs her help. A major heist, only a master thief could accomplish, puts him right at the top of Arturo Tacc...more
Her Dad, even though he says he doesn’t want it, needs her help. A major heist, only a master thief could accomplish, puts him right at the top of Arturo Tacc...more
I’ve always been a fan of Ally Carter’s writing (I’m anxiously awaiting the newest Gallagher book to be on the e-book store), so when Heist Society was announced, I was thrilled. Not just because it’s by Ms. Carter, but also because I love con movies/shows (Leverage, Oceans 11, The Italian Job). So I had high hopes for this book, maybe too high.
The book follows Katarina Bishop who has spent her whole life conning people. From the age of 3 she was helping her parents and Uncle Eddie case building...more
The book follows Katarina Bishop who has spent her whole life conning people. From the age of 3 she was helping her parents and Uncle Eddie case building...more
Oct 25, 2011
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"Katarina Bishop sólo quiere tener una vida normal, pero si tu familia se dedica a un negocio tan peculiar como el robo de guante blanco, resulta cuanto menos arduo. Kat lo consiguió durante tres meses en la escuela de élite Colgan. Sin embargo, su padre la necesita y no puede darle la espalda. Alguien ha robado una colección de cuadros de grandes maestros, que se creían perdidos. Su dueño, Arturo Taccone, está convencido de que el padre de Kat es el responsable y le lanza un ultimátum a nuestra...more
Ally Carter's a genius. Let's get that clear. It's like a teenaged version of Ocean's Eleven. I heard they're making a movie out of these books of which I'm SUPER psyched about!!! I love Kat. I love Hale. Oh my garbage who DOESN'T?! I love Gabrielle, I love the Bagshaw brothers, i love the heist. It's just too good for words! I'm addicted. Plain and simple. Each book just gets better. Carter can you GET any better? You're amazing.
Between these series and GG (and especially since GG is soon goin...more
Between these series and GG (and especially since GG is soon goin...more
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Ally Carter is a writer living and working in the Midwest. She loved school so much she kept going...and going...and going...until finally she had to graduate. Now she has degrees from Oklahoma State University and Cornell University and a house and a job and other very grown-up things.
Her life is either very ordinary or the best deep-cover legend ever. She'd tell you more, but...well...you know.....more
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Her life is either very ordinary or the best deep-cover legend ever. She'd tell you more, but...well...you know.....more
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