Shooter
By: Walter Dean Myers.
Edition: 1st Harper Tempest ed.
Publisher: Amistad/HarperTempest
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780064472906
Subjects: School violence -- Juvenile fiction; Problem families -- Juvenile fiction; Emotional problems of teenagers -- Juvenile fiction; Bullying in schools -- Juvenile fiction; Schools -- Juvenile fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction.
Other titles: Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace
Description: Written in the form of interviews, reports, and journal entries, the story of three troubled teenagers ends in a tragic school shooting. Cameron: "Deep inside, you know that whoever gets up in your face gets there because he knows you're nothing, and he knows that you know it too." Carla: "What I'm trying to do is to get by -- not even get over, just get by." Leonard: "I have bought a gaw-juss weapon. It lies beneath my bed like a secret lover, quiet, powerful, waiting to work my magic." Statement of Fact: 17-year-old white male found dead in the aftermath of a shooting incident at Madison High School in Harrison County. Conclusion: Death by self-inflicted wound.
Notes: "Extras inside, Walter Dean Myers talks about becoming a writer, turning nonfiction into fiction, and more"--P. [4] of cover.

Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace.