school shootings

"Minutes after the principal of Opportunity High School in Alabama finishes her speech welcoming the student body to a new semester, they discover that the auditorium doors will not open and someone starts shooting as four teens, each with a personal reason to fear the shooter, tell the tale from separate perspectives"--Provided by publisher.

Readers will understand common stressors, the differences between negative and positive coping strategies, and when it's time to ask for professional help.

"May and Otto Barnes have a perfect life: she an engineer, he a freelance artist, new friends in a new town, and a bright, 8 year-old boy. But their world is shattered when their son is wounded in a school shooting and his best friend killed, and, while Liam fights for life, hoaxers begin to harass Otto, trying to force him to admit the shooting never happened. Desperate to stop them, Otto tries to track down the lead hoaxer, a mysterious, hard to find woman named Kate. Intercut with Otto's drawings, texts and letters from hoaxers and benevolent nuns, and interactions with doctors, nurses, and Detective Sawyer, Liam's fight for life and Otto's quest wind to a stunning conclusion"--Provided by publisher.

Estranged from the best friend whose brother killed her sister in a school shooting, a grieving Cora receives a message on her twelfth birthday from her friend, asking for her help with creating a time portal to prevent the tragedy.

May, a high school junior, lost her twin brother in a school shooting, and has been an angry mess since it happened. Zach, whose mother is defending the shooter, is furious with his mother after their family become social outcasts. May and Zach connect at a band audition and learn to lean on each other for support, but they must work through the secrets they're hiding from each other first.

"Three high school students attempt to repair their lives after a school shooting"--Provided by publisher.

"This . . . resource, containing diverse viewpoints written by authoritative voices, explores why school shootings seem to be an epidemic, their potential causes, and what can be done to stop them"--Provided by publisher.

"Introduces young readers to the 2018 March for Our Lives. This large protest . . . shined a light on important issues concerning gun violence"--Provided by publisher.

"In the aftermath of a school tragedy, May and Zach struggle with grief, survivor's guilt, and the complex emotional impact of the event, learning how to heal and hope in the face of it all"--Provided by publisher.

Surviving a horrific school shooting, a six-year-old boy retreats into the world of books and art while making sobering observations about his mother's determination to prosecute the shooter's parents and the wider community's efforts to make sense of the tragedy.