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CASA Book Club: The Car Thief

The CASA Book Club will meet Sept. 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the CASA of Lexington office to discuss “The Car Thief" by Vicki Reed.

Reed is currently the executive-director of the Kentucky Juvenile Justice Initiative, an advocacy group whose goals included ending the practice of mandatory waiver to adult court and banning the detention of status offenders. She serves on the local Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI). She is a former Juvenile Justice Commissioner for the state of Kentucky.

Reed will be attending the book club discussion to talk about her book and answer questions.


Register to attend using the button below. This book club meeting is worth 2 hours of CEU credit. You may also earn up to 4 hours toward your annual required CEUs by reading the book.

Book Summary from the author

Meet Sam Murry. He lives a quiet, orderly existence, alone—just how he likes it. But when a judge sends a skinny, young kid to be in his charge, that life gets turned inside out, leaving his heart uncomfortably and irretrievably exposed.

What happens when not just a decent kid, but an extraordinary one falls into the clutches of the juvenile justice system? Debut novelist, Vicki Reed, relies on decades spent working in the field to craft this inspiring story of loss and redemption. A powerful novel that shows how the transformative power of friendship, kindness, and love can heal the deepest wounds.


Copies of “The Car Thief” are available from the CASA lending library at the Lexington office, 3245 Loch Ness Dr. Copies are also available from the Fayette, Bourbon, Woodford and Jessamine public libraries. Information for purchasing “The Car Thief” is available on the author’s website.