Bank Job

By James Heneghan and Norma Charles

Nell has been in foster homes all her life -- most of them have been horrible. She finally gets moved to a home she likes, and the ministry threatens to close it down unless an expensive renovation is made to the house. Nell and the two boys in the home, Billy and Tom, decide to raise the funds themselves. How do kids get large amounts of money quickly? By robbing banks, of course. Their first few heists are successful, but when they almost get caught on their sixth robbery, the friends start to fight about whether they should continue. The bank jobs that were meant to keep their family together just might tear it apart.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Release date: Apr 1, 2009
• ISBN: 9781551438597

Reviews for Bank Job

[jrlibrary · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I usually really like Heneghan's books, but this one fell short for me. Four children, who are happily living in a foster home, find out that they will probably have to be separated because of a new social services ruling that says their house has to have two bathrooms because six people live in the house. The renovation will cost $10 000, and their foster parents just don't have the money. So three of the four kids (Laura is just too young to be involved) come up with an idea of how to get the money so they can stay together. I didn't mind the story, but I really hated the way the story ends as I didn't find it very believable. However, someone who doesn't read too much would probably enjoy the fast pace of the book, the length, and the simplicity of the vocabulary.