Author: Jodi Picoult
Narrator: Carol Monda
Started: December 17, 2024
Finished: December 19, 2024
Format: Audio
Genre: Literary Fiction

Sterling, New Hampshire, was a nice, quiet town where bad things didn't happen until ten of its high school students are killed by their classmate, Petere. The judge assigned to the case must recure herself because her daughter is a living witness who can not remember anything. As the questions linger, friendships and families fall apart.

This was such a hard but important read. Jodi Picoult did an amazing job of writing about a school shooting without gratuitous violence. Learning of Peter's constant bullying and how it affected him was chilling. It's horrible to believe that people could treat each other so badly, but there are real reasons behind some school shootings. Although it normally does not happen, I was glad the author allowed Peter to speak for himself. The ending was well-done realisitc. This was an extremely worthwhile read.