Books > Give a Boy a Gun

Give a Boy a Gun
 
This edition: Mass Market Paperback, 208 pages
Availability: Usually ships within 2-3 days
Our Price: $6.99

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
...7 p.m. Nov. 17, Tempest Lounge, 913 Martin Luther King Way, Tacoma. Join in a discussion of 'Give a Boy a Gun' by Todd Strasser. Call 253-272-8801. WRITERS GROUPS Soundview Christian Writers: 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays in Olympia. Call 360-705-2846 ...
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 ...