School Shootings Fiction

Bloomland opens during finals week at a fictional southern university, when a student walks into the library with his roommate's semi-automatic rifle and opens fire. When he stops shooting, 12 people are dead. In this richly textured debut, John Englehardt explores how the origin and aftermath of the shooting impacts the lives of three characters: a disillusioned student, a grieving professor, and a young man whose valuation of fear and disconnection funnels him into the role of the aggressor.

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.