On Monday, Principal Peter Galvin welcomes the committee that will
evaluate Ribicoff High School for accreditation-just as someone
guns down a student outside the main entrance. On Tuesday, homicide
cop Abigail Teague tells him she fears that the shooting will
incite a gang war. On Wednesday, student teacher Kim Dombrowik
finds drugs in a student's locker, and there's a riot in the school
cafeteria. Thursday really sucks. And the evaluation committee
won't leave until Friday... The novel follows a principal, a
student teacher and a female homicide detective on their journeys
through the minefields of poverty, racism, and local politics to
find a killer and stave off a full-scale gang war. While Laura
Lippman's To The Power of Three and Jody Picoult's Nineteen Minutes
have also dealt with a school shooting, Liskow, a former teacher,
is the first to look at how such tragic events impact the teachers
and students who inhabit the building and how the tragedy will
change everyone who is involved, sometimes for the better, but
usually for the worse.
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2012 |
First published: |
July 2012 |
Authors: |
Steve Liskow
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4782-9674-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
Promotions
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LSN: |
1-4782-9674-7 |
Barcode: |
9781478296744 |
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