This Is Not a Drill

from HeatherLINC

This is a quick, easy read dealing with a school shooting which makes it a topical issue at the moment. Narrated by Jake and Emery, in alternating chapters, the reader shares the experience, but the tension is never really there. Also I found myself having to go back to the start of the chapter t...

from relativelybooktastic

The storyline seemed interesting but was very slow paced

from Mirandalg14

This was a super quick read about an intense situation. For what it is, I thought it was very well done, although I didn't agree with the explanation of how Patrick was shot and why he was ok. In a situation like that there would not be rookie cops on the front lines, especially if the SWAT and o...

from librarybrandy

It's 9 am. High school seniors Emory and Jake are sitting in a first-grade classroom, teaching French to kids for class credit. It's a normal, peaceful day. And then the door bursts open. The man who enters wants to take his son home with him. The man is an Iraq veteran with PTSD and a gun. It's ...

from SpockMonkeys

I picked this book because it was about guns in school & with all the shootings in schools going on, I wanted to see what an author would write about it. Beck McDowell did an awesome job giving a realistic look at a bad situation. I think she portrayed all the people in the book well & they all r...