giveaboyagun

__Give a Boy a Gun__ by Todd Strasser ISBN: 0-689-81112-8 ©2000 146 pages R.L.- 5.3 Points - 4

Good sections to read aloud: Gary Searle’s suicide note & introduction

Summary: With fear surfacing all over the United States at this time, this book is a must read for students and adults. It interweaves the voices of students, teachers, friends, and gunmen in a fictional story about two heavily armed students, Gary and Brendan, who hold their classmates hostage at a high school dance after being tormented by football players and teachers. This book will make you take a second look at how you treat others.

YA fiction-- teen issues; guns; hostages; revenge

©Jennifer Lang - WDMS - 2004