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What We Saw - Aaron Hartzler
What We Saw
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Critically acclaimed memoirist Aaron Hartzler, author of Rapture Practice, takes an unflinching look at what happens to a small town when some of its residents commit a terrible crime. This honest, authentic debut novel—inspired by the events in the Steubenville rape case—will resonate with... show more
Critically acclaimed memoirist Aaron Hartzler, author of Rapture Practice, takes an unflinching look at what happens to a small town when some of its residents commit a terrible crime. This honest, authentic debut novel—inspired by the events in the Steubenville rape case—will resonate with readers who've ever walked that razor-thin line between guilt and innocence that so often gets blurred, one hundred and forty characters at a time.The party at John Doone's last Saturday night is a bit of a blur. Kate Weston can piece together most of the details: Stacey Stallard handing her shots, Ben Cody taking her keys and getting her home early. . . . But when a picture of Stacey passed out over Deacon Mills's shoulder appears online the next morning, Kate suspects she doesn't have all the details. When Stacey levels charges against four of Kate's classmates, the whole town erupts into controversy. Facts that can't be ignored begin to surface, and every answer Kate finds leads back to the same questions: Who witnessed what happened to Stacey? And what responsibility do they have to speak up about what they saw?National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti calls What We Saw "a smart, sensitive, and gripping story about the courage it takes to do what's right."
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780062338747 (0062338749)
ASIN: 0062338749
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
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The Reading Perusals of Rose Summers
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5.0 Review: What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler
Quick review for a quick read. Note: Some discussion of rape and rape cases in this review, so possible TW for those reading this review.This book is very hard to read, but I felt it was a necessary and completely compelling narrative. I'll admit I didn't hear all that much about Aaron Hartzler's "W...
YA Fanatic
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3.0 What We Saw Book Review
I know this is based around a true story and for that this is difficult to read. But this genre is just not my thing. I've read a few of the new ones about this topic and while I'm probably not supposed to, to an extant, I just don't enjoy these books. The only one I think that stands out still is S...
My Never Ending List
My Never Ending List rated it
4.0 What We Saw
Once you visually see something, have you ever wished you could unsee it? Most people would say yes to this, for we as humans are curious people. We want to know, we need to know, for if we don’t know we feel that we are missing out on something in life and then later…… sometimes we wish we could tu...
Read, Run, Ramble
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5.0 What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler
Title: What We Saw Author: Aaron Hartzler Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: September 22, 2015 Format: egalley provided by Edelweiss Synopsis My Rating: 5 of 5 stars My Review (originally posted at Read, Run, Ramble): Thank you, Harper Teen via Edelweiss for...
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