BOOK: Give a boy a gun by Strasser

[Frederick Muller <fmuller@TELLURIAN.NET>]

Strasser, Todd._Give a boy a gun._Simon Pulse, 2000
[0-689-84893-5]
This is a fictional collection of fictional interviews
concerning a fictional school shooting.  The book tries to
present various views of a school shooting (intermixed with
actual quotes from articles.)  It is definately powerful but
the author has a very evident frame of mind.  I had intially
avoided purchasing this book but one of our guidance
counselors recommended it and was recommending it to others
so I thought I should read it.  The major complaint I have
with the book is that it does not appear to be fiction and
readers could be confused (our guidance counselor thought it
was true.)  But with it placed in the fiction section of the
library and me stressing it, students will know its fiction.

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Frederick Muller
Halsted Middle School Library
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Newton, NJ   07860
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