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Title: Teen Power and Integrity
Review: As a high school teacher, I think our kids seek authentic stories and issues above all--yet so much of what is out there is cynical and discourages their own sense of power in the world. This book offers an accessible, engaging story about a perfectly ordinary tragedy (if such a thing exists), around which characters familiar to any modern teen converge in the hope of establishing responsibility, or perhaps more of assigning guilt. At the center of the tale is a young girl whose life has been changed, for better as well as for worse, who slowly realizes that she holds the power to perpetuate the pain or to begin the healing. Her choice angers some powerful adults, but affirms our better instincts and validates the notion that young people can change the world.
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