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Give a Boy a Gun.


Todd Strasser. 2000/ 2001. Various narrators. 3 tapes, 3.5 hrs. Recorded Books. #96739. 0-7887-9376-4. $29.00. Vinyl binder binder: see combine.


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College journalism student Denise Shipley interviews students, parents, and teachers and includes journal entries in an attempt to understand the motivation behind a shooting and suicide at Middleton High. What is revealed in this documentary novel is a troubling story of bullies, outsiders, guns, and violence. Gary and Brendan are two high school students who decide to kill the teachers and football players who have harassed them.

Utilizing a reader's theater style, a separate narrator NARRATOR. A pleader who draws narrs serviens narrator, a sergeant at law. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 37. Obsolete.  reads each character's entry. This serves to make the sequence of events and players easier to follow and gives voice to the bewilderment be·wil·der·ment  
n.
1. The condition of being confused or disoriented.

2. A situation of perplexity or confusion; a tangle: a bewilderment of lies and half-truths.

Noun 1.
 and desperation experienced by many of the individuals involved. The result is a stark and somber som·ber  
adj.
1.
a. Dark; gloomy.

b. Dull or dark in color.

2.
a. Melancholy; dismal: a somber mood.

b. Serious; grave.
 tale designed to bring attention to school violence and gun control. The audio version of Strasser's book includes some of the lists provided in the written version as well as Strasser's "Final Thoughts" exhorting readers to change their behavior and culture to avoid further school violence. The fact that a bibliography bibliography. The listing of books is of ancient origin. Lists of clay tablets have been found at Nineveh and elsewhere; the library at Alexandria had subject lists of its books.  of books, articles, Web sites and more is not included is understandable. Unfortunately, the numerous quotations and statistics included as footnotes throughout the book are also not included and this factual information adds a dramatic sense of reality to this grim tale. Bette D. Ammon Ammon, in the Bible
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Author:Ammon, Bette D.
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Article Type:Audiobook Review
Date:Mar 1, 2002
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