"When George is brought to Pilfer Academy, a secret school for training young thieves, he has the time of his life ... until he realizes he's much too good-hearted to actually steal anything"-- Provided by publisher.

Tess Kendrick, a junior at the elite Hardwicke School in Washington D.C., can fix just about any problem her classmates--or their power-wielding parents--might have, but when terrorism, assassination, and murder strike, she soon finds herself wrapped up in an intricate plot that may end up hitting closer to home than she could have ever imagined.