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41) Underwater
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Ever since the mass shooting at her California high school, junior Morgan Grant has become increasingly agoraphobic until even the idea of stepping outside her door can bring on a panic attack, a situation not made any easier by the fact that her parents are divorced--but when Evan moves in next door she finds herself attracted to him and begins to find herself longing for the life she has been missing.
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Relates how one boy--who had friends, enjoyed reading, playing saxophone in the band, and had never been in trouble before--became a monster capable of entering his high school with a loaded gun and firing on his classmates, as told from the viewpoints of several victims. Each perspective is written by a different writer of young adult fiction.
43) Lilith: a novel
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"After her son Lydan suffers traumatic injuries in a school shooting, single mom Elisabeth Ross grows enraged at men in power. If they won't do anything to help end this epidemic of violence, she will. Believing it's her destiny, she sets out to awaken the world to the cowards these men are and commits her own shocking act of violence. Going by the name Lilith--the first wife of Adam who fled Eden rather than serve a man--she posts a video of her...
44) Besieged
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It starts with the unthinkable. A school under siege. A shooter in the classroom. A nightmare scenario that has become all too common in today's United States. But this time, former Delta Captain Jake Mahegan is there when it happens. Checking in on the schoolteacher daughter of a colleague, Mahegan finds himself face to face with a merciless gunman rigged as a suicide bomber. Without warning, the school is attacked from the outside as well--and all...
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Polish
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Byc soba i narazic sie na wykluczenie ze spolecznosci? Czy udawac, ze jest sie kims innym? Poruszajaca opowiesc o tym, jak trudno poznac kogos do konca i jak bolesna bywa utrata niewinnosci. Siedemnastoletni Peter Houghton, od lat ponizany psychicznie i fizycznie przez szkolnych kolegów, zostaje doprowadzony do ostatecznosci. Feralnego ranka wyrusza do szkoly z plecakiem wypchanym bronia. Dziewietnascie minut - tyle wystarczy, zeby dopelnic zemsty...
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"Simone is trying her best not to think of what she's lost. Diagnosed with MS, she awaits the results of another anxiety-inducing MRI. She's just walked away from Connor, 'a fixer' but possibly the love of her life. And nearing the holidays, the sights and sounds of winter in South Dakota only prick memories of better years gone by. Then, on a December morning at the university where she works, jarring gunshots pierce the halls. In a temporary safe...
47) Memoria total
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Español
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"Amos era la única persona de Burlington, su ciudad natal, que se convirtió en jugador profesional de fútbol americano, pero su carrera terminó antes de comenzar. Un violento choque de su cabeza contra la de un rival lo expulsó de los terrenos de juego para siempre y le provocó un extraño efecto secundario: nunca puede ol vidar nada. Dos décadas más tarde, su vida volvió a sufrir un dramático cambio. Decker, convertido en inspector de policía,...
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"In the wake of a high school massacre, a copycat shooter begins to stalk otherwise sleepy Franklin, Missouri, further traumatizing the community. Disturbed by these crimes, logistics manager, Jackson Warner finds his way into an illicit chatroom "happydayz, " dedicated to glorifying the killers. Jackson fixates on the young men's disregard for life and suspects the copycat is among them. In his frenzy, will he mistake a troubled youth for a killer?"--Amazon.com....
49) Crossing lines
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Midwestern high school seniors and swim teammates Alli and Brandon are the perfect couple, enjoying their final months of high school and making big plans for the future. When a horrific school shooting sparks a national movement, Alli gets involved with protests in support of gun control legislation, while Brandon defends his pro-gun beliefs and stays on the sidelines. These shifting priorities lead Alli and Brandon to question not only each other...
50) Three hours
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In a rural English village in the middle of a snowstorm, the unthinkable happens - the school is under siege. From the wounded headmaster barricaded in the library, to teenage Hannah in love for the first time, to the police psychologist who must identify the gunmen, to the terrified 8-year-old Syrian refugee, to the kids sheltering in the school theatre still rehearsing Macbeth, all must find the courage to stand up to evil and try to save the people...
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Personal injury attorney Peter Game has a reputation: cynical, untroubled by ethics, and willing to take any case, anytime, in his pursuit of the win. He dreams of a sweetheart score that'll make his name and net him millions. Then comes the lightning rod: a school shooting just outside of Salt Lake City. His client: the devastated mother of one of the victims. What she wants is understandable--just not simple: to sue the manufacturers of the automatic...
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"After losing her son in an elementary school shooting that devastates the tight-knit community of Stillwater Bay, Jennifer Crowne finds herself unable to settle back into her role of perfect stay-at-home mom and committee organizer. Meanwhile, her best friend, Mayor Charlotte Stone, struggles to keep the town together, and Charlotte's husband, the school principal, may not be the hero everyone thinks him to be. As they try to heal from this irrevocable...
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