num_pages: 128
description: Ron Koertge's startling, often poignant poetic novel evokes a suburban high school both familiar and terrifying.The Branston High School Class of 2001 seems familiar enough on the there’s the Smart One, the Fat Kid, Social Conscience, Bad Girl, Good Girl, Jock, Anorexic, Dyke, Rich Boy, Sistah, Stud . . . and Boyd, an Angry Young Man who has just made a dangerous new friend. Now he’s making a list.The Branston High School Class of 2001. You might think you know them. You might be surprised.Narrated by fifteen teenage characters, this startling, often poignant poetic novel evokes a suburban high school both familiar and terrifying — and provides an ideal opportunity for young adults to discuss violence in schools.
language: English
title: The Brimstone Journals
titlecomplete: The Brimstone Journals
genres: Crime, Young Adult, School, Banned Books, Teen, Fiction, Poetry, Read For School, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 557
publisher: Candlewick Press