Give a Boy a Gun
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"BANG!" Gunshots echo through the gym. Two heavily armed students, Gary and Brendan, hold their classmates hostage at a high school dance. Their targets: the football players and teachers who have tormented them. Their weapons: semiautomatic rifles stolen from a neighbor. Their motive: revenge. In "Give a Boy a Gun," the interweaving voices of students, teachers, friends, and the gunmen themselves re-create the harrowing crisis at Middletown High and the reasons behind Gary and Brendan's rampage. Mirroring the voices on each page are facts about guns and school violence that offer a blistering counterpoint to a tragedy that rings dreadfully true to life. A stunning work of fiction taken straight from today's headlines, "Give a Boy a Gun" is a stirring wake-up call to stop the violence and explore the role of guns in the lives of teenagers.
Author: Todd Strasser
Format: Hardback, 146 pages, 146mm x 218mm, 272 g
Published: 2000, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, United States
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Interest Age: From 12 to 17 years
"BANG!" Gunshots echo through the gym. Two heavily armed students, Gary and Brendan, hold their classmates hostage at a high school dance. Their targets: the football players and teachers who have tormented them. Their weapons: semiautomatic rifles stolen from a neighbor. Their motive: revenge. In "Give a Boy a Gun," the interweaving voices of students, teachers, friends, and the gunmen themselves re-create the harrowing crisis at Middletown High and the reasons behind Gary and Brendan's rampage. Mirroring the voices on each page are facts about guns and school violence that offer a blistering counterpoint to a tragedy that rings dreadfully true to life. A stunning work of fiction taken straight from today's headlines, "Give a Boy a Gun" is a stirring wake-up call to stop the violence and explore the role of guns in the lives of teenagers.