description: This tough, thought-provoking novel for young adults takes deadly aim at the oft-quoted “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” With subtle mastery and precision, Paulsen’s novel challenges the idea that firearms don’t become instruments of destruction and murder until they are placed in human hands-- The Rifle makes it clear that guns do kill people. “For readers willing to think about this issue, for those looking for ways to introduce the debate, there is no better vehicle than this short, engagingly written story of one rifle and its fatal impact on one modern boy.”-- School Library Journal
language: English
title: The Rifle
titlecomplete: The Rifle
genres: Historical, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Childrens, Adventure, Teen, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 2192
publisher: Perfection Learning Prebound