School Shootings Fiction

There is a Before and an After for eighth grader Bea Coughlin. Before the shooting at her school that took the lives of her classmates and teacher and After, when she must figure out how to grieve, live, and keep rolling forward. But as her community rallies in a tidal wave of marches and speeches and protests, Bea can’t get past the helplessness she felt in her wheelchair as others around her took cover. Through the help of therapeutic horseback riding, Bea finally begins to feel like herself again. And as she heals, she finds her voice and the bravery to demand change.

When a massacre at an elite private high school leaves 17 dead and a city reeling with horror, Philadelphia assistant district attorney Jessica Black will stop at nothing to find justice for the victims. But doing so will require facing an adversary even more terrifying than the teenage shooter.

Die sechzehnjährige Streberin Victoria St. Jones und der zwei Jahre ältere Schulschwarm Ray Stellton waren von Kindheit an Nachbarn und sind seither die besten Freunde. Doch Vicky hütet ein Geheimnis: Sie war unsterblich und über beide Ohren in ihren besten Freund verliebt. Nur, dass dieser die Mädchen wechselte wie seine Unterhosen. Von Vicky selbst hatte er nie Notiz genommen; bis zu seinem Abschlussball, der verheerende Folgen nach sich zog. Fünf Jahre später sehen sie sich auf einem Klassentreffen wieder und Vicky erkennt, dass sie den Mann, den sie unbedingt vergessen wollte, nach wie vor liebt.

Maddy was always being asked to sing jingles for commercials. She'd sung about chocolate, cereal and dog food. Now she wanted a real acting job. But was she good enough to be an actor? Then came the announcement in class: "Maddy, you have an audition for Halfway Hospital." An audition! She just had to get the job. The second book in a series of entertaining short novels about four girls who attend The Shooting Star drama school.

Aaaaaaaaghhhhhhh! Dene screamed at the TV. A commercial for ice-cream had just come on and it starred those twins Evie and Cameron Billingham. We've never spoken to them but we just know they're vomitus. If you walked into an audition and the terrible twins were there, you could forget about it! The first book in an entertaining series of short novels about four girls who attend The Shooting Star drama school.