Nineteen Minutes - by Jodi Picoult
This book was another GREAT book by Jodi Picoult. If you haven't read any of her other books - DO. They are fantastic.
This one makes you think about your kids and how much importance they put on being popular, fitting in, being liked... the stress they feel at school, at home.... the pressure.
And, what happens when something in them gets a little twisted, a little bent, a little broken- and the unthinkable happens.
You will question your abilities as a parent, if you have kids. You will question your behavior towards others, past and present.
Eerily similar to the recent events at Virginia Tech - even though it was written before. Makes you think about just how common - and how extreme - the pressures for any teenage kid.
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