The violence and bullying escalate until Gray decides to exact revenge by bringing his father’s semi-automatic weapon to school.Įvaluation: I was afraid before reading this book that it would over-simplify the issue of school shootings, but as I read I was drawn into the characters and the story. All the adults in his life turn a blind eye to the abuse, as well as his father who thinks Gray should “toughen up” and be more like his older brother. With nothing to lose and no reason to withhold the truth, Gray tells of the emotional and physical abuse he and his friend Russ suffered at the hands of Zorro and several other jocks at the school. Summary: Through a series of interviews with his defense lawyers, 15 year-old Gray Wilton’s story emerges as he awaits trial for the murder of four students at his high school. Similar Titles: Give a Boy a Gun bt Todd Strasser, Shooter by Walter Dean MeyersĪnnotation: School shootings shatter lives on both ends of the gun.
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