Horn Book Review
When she first enrolled, M Freeman didn't know that her dead father's alma mater, Lawless, was the top-notch criminal training school for the children of top-notch criminals. As M learns about her dad's master criminal status and his fascination with a certain Rembrandt painting, she picks up where his last art heist left off. A smart and funny escapist read. (c) Copyright 2013. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
After an odd interview, M Freeman finds she has been accepted into the Lawless School. She knows nothing about it, other than that her late father was a graduate. Within hours of acceptance, she is whisked away from home, told she will never see her mother again, and brought to a place that is nothing like what she expected. All the students at the school are legacies, and it seems the school prepares generation after generation of students to be master criminals. Thanks to some of the training she has been given by her previous homeschool teachers, M stands out from her classmates and seems to create chaos and destruction wherever she goes. The longer she stays at the school, the more she wonders if she can trust the people around her, and questions whether or not she belongs. Although there are a few gaping plot holes, middle-grade readers will be caught up in M's training and adventures and will read late into the night to find out what happens next.--Roush, Suanne Copyright 2010 Booklist
