Review: Live! crew investigates violence in schools
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2013
Until now, Brentwood high has escaped the gang violence plaguing neighboring schools. Then Izzy happens upon a fight and sees a student stabbed. The Live! crew decides to do their next program on school violence.The students wrestle with the answer to stopping school violence. When the school implements a zero tolerance policy on weapons, tempers flare. Is the new rule protecting students or hurting them?The media students investigate violence, seeing it on television and in video games. They conclude people are hardened to it by its frequency. They also learn that violence is a very complicated issue.The situation gets tense when gang members threaten the media team in a mall. They want Live! to stay out of their territory or they'll be taught what real violence is.This is the third in the series and I found it to be not quite as exciting as the first two. Nonetheless, it is a good book for teens to read. It certainly reveals the complex issues regarding why kids are violent. It would be a good book to read and then discuss. Sarah is getting bolder in her Christianity, I was happy to see.I received a complimentary egalley of this book from a media group for the purpose of this review.