school shootings

Two survivors of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida discuss the making of the #NeverAgain movement.

"Squeezed into a coat closet with his classmates and teacher, first grader Zach Taylor can hear gunshots ringing through the halls of his school. A gunman has entered the building, taking nineteen lives and irrevocably changing the very fabric of this close-knit community. While Zach's mother pursues a quest for justice against the shooter's parents, holding them responsible for their son's actions, Zach retreats into his super-secret hideout and loses himself in a world of books and art. Armed with his newfound understanding, and with the optimism and stubbornness only a child could have, Zach sets out on a ... journey towards healing and forgiveness, determined to help the adults in his life rediscover the universal truths of love and compassion needed to pull them through their darkest hours"--Provided by publisher.

Presents an account of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, that left twenty-six people dead, twenty of them school children between the ages of six and seven, chronicling the horrific events and providing insight into the mind of the gunman, Adam Lanza.

Ever since the mass shooting at her California high school, junior Morgan Grant has become increasingly agoraphobic until even the idea of stepping outside her door can bring on a panic attack, a situation not made any easier by the fact that her parents are divorced--but when Evan moves in next door she finds herself attracted to him and begins to find herself longing for the life she has been missing.

Adam races to help a friend when a shooter opens fire at the school, but despite his efforts, his life is forever changed.

Relates how one boy--who had friends, enjoyed reading, playing saxophone in the band, and had never been in trouble before--became a monster capable of entering his high school with a loaded gun and firing on his classmates, as told from the viewpoints of several victims. Each perspective is written by a different writer of young adult fiction.

The author presents forty-eight school shooters in an in-depth study of each, and references others. In an effort to understand why these shootings occur, Dr. Langman has researched what the shooters have in common, how they differed, and if there were any recognizable patterns that would make prior identifications before a tragedy occurred. His research has helped others understand who may be a potential shooter.

Recently deceased Macy finds love in the afterlife and tries to stop her friend Ryan from shooting up the school.

Seven interwoven narratives spanning three tense hours on a fateful day share the perspectives of a girl with a rare memory condition, a teacher who fears a student may be planning an act of violence, and a girl about to embark on a cross-country plot.

"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.