Stuff
Product Details
Simon Pulse, April 2002
Mass Market Paperback, 208 pages
ISBN-10: 0689848935
ISBN-13: 9780689848933
Ages: 12 - 12
Grades: 7 - 7
Awards and Nominations
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
Description
For as long as they can remember, Brendan and Gary have been mercilessly teased and harassed by the jocks who rule Middletown High. But not anymore. Stealing a small arsenal of guns from a neighbor, they take their classmates hostage at a school dance. In the panic of this desperate situation, it soon becomes clear that only one thing matters to Brendan and Gary: revenge.
The Olympian, November 8, 2009
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Lower Hudson Online, October 31, 2009
...issues I think are being overlooked,'' says Strasser, who made his debut in 1979 with 'Angel Dust Blues.'' Give a Boy a Gun' was probably the first piece of fiction to link bullying to school violence.'Although Strasser is not recognized ...
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