Shooter

Informationen zum Autor Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster , the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers was recognized by every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and five Coretta Scott King Book Award winners. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults and a three-time National Book Award finalist as well as the first ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. Klappentext Cameron: "Deep inside, you know that whoever gets up in your face gets there because he knows you're nothing, and he knows that you know it too." Carla: "What I'm trying to do is to get by -- not even get over, just get by." Leonard: "I have bought a gaw-juss weapon. It lies beneath my bed like a secret lover, quiet, powerful, waiting to work my magic." Statement of Fact: 17-year-old white male found dead in the aftermath of a shooting incident at Madison High School in Harrison County. Conclusion: Death by self-inflicted wound. Ages 12+ Zusammenfassung The groundbreaking and widely praised novel about a school shooting! from the acclaimed author of Monster . Multiple narratives! a personal journal! and newspaper and police reports add perspective and pull readers into the story. "Questions of guilt and innocence drive the plot and stay with the reader!" said Hazel Rochman in a starred Booklist review. "Highly readable." "A haunting story that uncovers the pain of several high school students!" according to Teenreads.com. "It explores the tragedies of school violence and how the result of bullying can go to the most dramatic extreme. Myers has a gift for expressing the voices of his characters. Shooter  is not a light read! but it will leave you reeling ." ...

Product details

• Authors: Walter Dean Myers, Myers Walter Dean
• Publisher: Amistad
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.03.2005
• EAN: 9780064472906
• ISBN: 978-0-06-447290-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 181 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Violence *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Horror *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Depression *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Sexual Abuse *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Coming of Age *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Mental Illness *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Epistolary (Letters & Diaries) *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Suicide *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Books & Libraries *