understanding high school, college, and adult perpetrators
Langman, Peter F
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.
Jules suspects that Sawyer has passed the vision curse to someone he saved from the school shootings and is determined to find that person to convince them before another tragedy occurs that the visions are real.
"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.
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.
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.
Alys, a Plaineville, Wisconsin, junior who dreams of studying violin at Julliard, must deal with the aftermath of a tragic high school shooting in which her older brother, Luke, was the shooter.
"A... story of psychological suspense told from the point of view of the father of a boy who is unaccounted for during a school shooting..."--Provided by publisher.
Columbine killer Dylan Klebold's mother reflects on her son's life and ultimately his horrific actions that led to the murder of thirteen people and his own suicide in 1999.
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.
