num_pages: 496
description: Who were the seemingly ordinary teenagers who beat and killed a girl who longed to be their friend? And how could they hide the murder from their parents and teachers and the police for eight days?  Drawing on six years of research -- including interviews with the accused -- acclaimed writer Rebecca Godfrey answers these questions in this stunning account of the notorious "Schoolgirl Murder." Through a skillful blend of hard journalism and riveting narrative, Godfrey takes us into the bedrooms and classrooms of a powerful hip-hop-obsessed clique and the loner-victim who just wanted to belong, then into the police stations and courtrooms where adults -- grieving, devastated -- must reckon with the shocking crime. Highlighting along the way the deeply entrenched social tensions that provoked the murder, Under the Bridge is more than a true-crime book -- it is an unforgettable wake-up call.
language: English
title: Under the Bridge: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk
titlecomplete: Under the Bridge: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk
genres: True Crime, Crime, History, Audiobook, Psychology, Biography, Canadian Literature, Canada, Nonfiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 1753
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction
publisher: Pocket Books