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Bestseller Picoult (My Sister's Keeper) takes on another contemporary hot-button issue in her brilliantly told new thriller, about a high school shooting. Peter Houghton, an alienated teen who has been bullied for years by the popular crowd, brings weapons to his high school in Sterling, N.H., one day and opens fire, killing 10 people. Flashbacks reveal how bullying caused Peter to retreat into a world of violent computer games. Alex Cormier, the judge assigned to Peter's case, tries to maintain her objectivity as she struggles to understand her daughter, Josie, one of the surviving witnesses of the shooting. The author's insights into her characters' deep-seated emotions brings this ripped-from-the-headlines read chillingly alive.
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Loved It!!
Reviewed by Staff on 21-12-2007 (Williamsport) |
| So, I loved this book, and I really wasn't expecting to! This was assigned in my book club and all I knew was it was based on a school shooting. Not the best topic, in my opinion! But, boy was I wrong! The angle that the author used in telling the story made it very real, yet easy to read. When I was done, I was reccomending it to others (who had the same opinion when told what the story line revolved around). The 3 people that I "talked in" to reading it agreed with me and liked it also! |
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