num_pages: 208
description: For as long as they can remember, Brendan and Gary have been mercilessly teased and harassed by the jocks who rule Middletown High. But not anymore. Stealing a small arsenal of guns from a neighbor, they take their classmates hostage at a school dance. In the panic of this desperate situation, it soon becomes clear that only one thing matters to Brendan and Gary: revenge.
language: English
title: Give a Boy a Gun
titlecomplete: Give a Boy a Gun
genres: Crime, Young Adult, School, Banned Books, Childrens, Teen, High School, Fiction, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 7818
places: The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Charlotte Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers