Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser -Through the testimony of survivors and the perpetrators, the reader learns of the events leading up to a night of Columbine-like terror at a high school dance. Book Discussion Guide.

Alexandra Flinn’s Breaking Point (2002)
Fifteen-year-old Paul enters an exclusive private school and falls under the spell of a charismatic boy who may be using him. Flinn states in her author’s note that she wrote about one young man who reached his breaking point and that she has tried to understand what makes teens feel so angry, fearful, and isolated that they commit acts of violence.

Walter Dean Myers’ Shooter (2004)
Written in the form of interviews, reports, and journal entries, the story of three troubled teenagers ends in a tragic school shooting.

Robert B. Parker’s School Days (2005)
The wealthy Lily Ellsworth from Massachusetts hires P.I. Spenser to prove the innocence of her grandson, who is accused of a Columbine High School–style shooting that has left five students and two teachers dead. Jared has confessed to the crime, and Spenser faces major opposition from local law enforcement officials, school authorities, dysfunctional parents, opposing lawyers and deadly gang-bangers as he tries to figure out why the boy seems unconcerned about his possible wrongful imprisonment.

Douglas Coupland’s Hey Nostradamus! (2003)
In 1988, an episode of teenage violence transforms a suburban community, as parents try to cope with the discovery of their children’s underground world and the survivors deal with their painful memories of what happened.

Adam Meyer’s The Last Domino (2005)
Vulnerable following his brother’s suicide, a high school boy comes under the thrall of a darkly violent classmate and events at home and at school go chillingly out of control.

Material from NoveList Plus; EBSCOhost 4/07/10

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