Shooter (Thorndike Press Large Print Literacy Bridge Series) - Hardcover

9780786269693: Shooter (Thorndike Press Large Print Literacy Bridge Series)
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Written in the form of interviews, reports, and journal entries, the story of three troubled teenagers ends in a tragic school shooting.

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Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, a three-time National Book Award Finalist, as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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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.

Ages 12+

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  • PublisherThorndike Pr
  • Publication date2004
  • ISBN 10 0786269693
  • ISBN 13 9780786269693
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages247
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