Alphin, Elaine Marie. The perfect shot.ALPHIN, Elaine Marie. The perfect shot. Lerner, Carolrhoda Books. 212p. 1-57505-862-6. c2005. $16.95. JS The novel opens with the murder of Amanda, her little brother and her mother. It was a day when Brian Hammett and his friends were playing basketball next door. In the heat of the game, Brian brushed aside Amanda, planning on spending time "Spending Time" is the first single released by Christian artist Stellar Kart. The lyrics describe the band members desire to spend "more time with God". "Sometimes it’s a real struggle to spend time with God. with her later when all the guys weren't there. The next spring, Brian is dealing with her death, with his guilt, and with a nagging feeling that maybe he had seen something significant on that afternoon. In this cleverly organized narrative, we come to care about Brian as he struggles with making sense of a senseless murder. Through a school project, Brian and his partner Todd confront the prejudice that led to the sensational 1913 trial and murder of Leo Frank For other persons named Leo Frank, see Leo Frank (disambiguation). Leo Max Frank (April 17, 1884 – August 17, 1915) was an American Jew, whose lynching by a mob of prominent citizens in Marietta, Georgia, in 1915 turned the spotlight on anti-Semitism in the United States . The details of that trial and the bias against the testimony of a young eyewitness are replayed through Brian's memory of the day Amanda was shot and the trial of Amanda's father, accused of the crime. Interwoven in·ter·weave v. in·ter·wove , in·ter·wo·ven , inter·weav·ing, inter·weaves v.tr. 1. To weave together. 2. To blend together; intermix. v.intr. with Brian's quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the justice is the story of Julius Malik, an African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. star of the basketball team who was with Brian playing ball that afternoon. The interweaving of history, of Brian's determination, and of Julius' confrontation with prejudice make for a compelling look at what it takes to stand up to the larger injustices of the world and why we sometimes don't. Janis Flint-Ferguson, Assoc. Prof., English, Gordon College There are three colleges named Gordon College:
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