Give a Boy a Gun : 20th Anniversary Edition (Hardcover)

from yvonne.sevignykaiser

I have had this book on my reading list for quite awhile, but it pushed it's way to the top after the most recent school shooting. Although, it is a fictional accounting of a high school shooting laid out in the voices of all those affected and who had a hand in bubbling the incident to take plac...

from tiamatq

Give a Boy a Gun tells the story of a Columbine-like school shooting. Gary and Brendan had suffered through years of bullying and abuse from classmates, were ignored by teachers and school staff, and considered themselves outcasts. They lash out during a school dance, locking the gym and taking e...

from iluvvideo

A tale all too chillingly real in current school environments. Two young men, Brendan and Gary are victims of teasing and physical bullying by members of the 'in' group (the jocks on the football team). Unable and unwilling to endure any more abuse they approach teachers and others to get some he...

from jimrgill

To tell the story of two alienated and disaffected teenagers who become obsessed with guns and bombs and ultimately vow to exact revenge on all the students, faculty members, and administrators at their school, Todd Strasser uses a quilt of voices to reflect the incomplete narrative that inevitab...

from tiamatq

Give a Boy a Gun tells the story of a Columbine-like school shooting. Gary and Brendan had suffered through years of bullying and abuse from classmates, were ignored by teachers and school staff, and considered themselves outcasts. They lash out during a school dance, locking the gym and taking e...