Abandoned by her mum during a bank robbery when she was small, 16-year-old Elle has been in foster care ever since; her mum is wanted by the police. Elle currently lives with the Love family, who would like theirs to be Elle's forever home, but when a video of Elle with a rare Purple Emperor butterfly goes viral, Elle's future is threatened and nothing can be guaranteed. The Girl Whose Mother Robbed a Bank is a moving YA story about messing up, reaching rock bottom, and feeling that life cannot get any worse ... but it is also about hope, acceptance, redemption, and what 'family' really means.