Nineteen Minutes Contributor(s): Picoult, Jodi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743496736 ISBN-13: 9780743496735 Publisher: Atria Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: Set in a small town in the wake of a horrific school shooting, "Nineteen Minutes" brings together lawyer Jordan McAfee, who represents a boy who desperately needs someone on his side, and Patrick Ducharme, the intrepid detective whose best witness is the daughter of the superior court judge. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Women |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 830 |
Series: Wsp Readers Club |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.3" W x 8.26" (0.80 lbs) 480 pages |
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Small Town - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - New Hampshire - Topical - Family - Topical - Friendship |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 114395 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 29.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper and Small Great Things pens her most riveting book yet, with a startling and poignant story about the devastating aftermath of a small-town tragedy. Sterling is an ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens--until the day its complacency is shattered by a school shooting. Josie Cormier, the daughter of the judge sitting on the case, should be the state's best witness, but she can't remember what happened before her very own eyes--or can she? As the trial progresses, fault lines between the high school and the adult community begin to show--destroying the closest of friendships and families. Nineteen Minutes asks what it means to be different in our society, who has the right to judge someone else, and whether anyone is ever really who they seem to be. |
Contributor Bio(s): Picoult, Jodi: - Jodi Picoult received an AB in creative writing from Princeton and a master's degree in education from Harvard. The recipient of the 2003 New England Book Award for her entire body of work, she is the author of twenty-six novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers House Rules, Handle With Care, Change of Heart, and My Sister's Keeper, for which she received the American Library Association's Margaret Alexander Edwards Award. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. Visit her website at JodiPicoult.com. |