Re: SEC: Books on Guilt

["Irwin - Maureen S." <msirwin@UMD5.UMD.EDU>]

I have just finished reading Tears of a Tiger by Draper and it may be just
what you're looking for.  A star basketball player is out to party with
friends after a game, and the beer flows and the resulting automobile
crash kills his
best friend.  The author uses school assignments (journal entries, poems,
etc) to give us other characters' points of view on the problem, which
makes it very interesting to read, and I think it would really appeal to
the kids. In the end the main character can no longer live with his
guilt.  The final entries are letters from his friends to him, showing the
range of emotions felt by those touched by suicide.  Very powerful!

Maureen S. Irwin          **Any book you have not read is a new book ;)**
Middle School Librarian
Roland Park Country School
Baltimore, MD  21010
irwinm@rpcs.pvt.k12.md.us      or  msirwin@umd5.umd.edu (for listserv)

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