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Advantages: Touching story, great characters
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Jodi Picoult Nineteen Minutes Your son says the bullying was unbearable But his revenge was murder What would you do? This statement is on the front of Nineteen Minutes, the Jodi Picoult's novel about the aftermath of a school shooting in a small town. It became her first book to debut at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list. I have read quite a few of Jodi Picoult's books now and I am a big fan. I did get a bit bored with one in the ... Read review

This book threw up so many questions about human morality. The boy in question was bullied so terribly all through his teenage years that he used that as his excuse for going on a rampage through his high-school with a gun. We see the story through his eyes, his devestated parents eyes, the tight-knit community, and a childhood friend whose boyfriend was killed in the attack. This book really opened my eyes to how there are always several sides to any event. It really made me think of all the people in the world who have been affected by a tradgedy like this. This was an unput-downable read and definitely one of Picoult's best works.