The Bling Ring, by Nancy Jo Sales, follows seven teenagers residing in Calabassas, California who are not your ordinary teenagers looking for trouble. These kids successfully stole more than $3 million from clothing, jewelry, and accessories belonging to celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, and Rachel Bilson in 2009. Now a Sofia Coppola film, Nancy Jo Sales writes this book about the famous robberies after being the journalist following around these seven fame-obsessed teens.
After hearing that the movie about to come out was based on a true story, I was very intrigued to learn about how easily these teens got away with the burglaries for over a year and the audacity they had to have to even pull this off. I saw the trailer to the movie, then found out it was a book, and could not wait to read it. I hope to understand all of my questions after hearing about the story. I also hope to gain an appreciation for a new genre: journalism. I have yet to read a book by a journalist so I am very excited to start The Bling Ring.
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