Red Heart Tattoo
At 7:45 a.m. on the day before Thanksgiving break, a bomb goes off at Edison High. Nine people die instantly. Fifteen are critically injured. Twenty-two suffer less severe injuries. And one is blinded. Those who survive, struggle to cope with the loss and destruction. All must find new meaning...
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At 7:45 a.m. on the day before Thanksgiving break, a bomb goes off at Edison High. Nine people die instantly. Fifteen are critically injured. Twenty-two suffer less severe injuries. And one is blinded. Those who survive, struggle to cope with the loss and destruction. All must find new meaning for their lives as a result of something they may never understand.Lurlene McDaniel's signature expertise and finesse in dealing with issues of violence, death, and physical as well as emotional trauma in the lives of teens is immediate and heartrending.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385734622 (038573462X)
Publish date: July 24th 2012
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Short review:This book was stunning, gorgeous and heartbreaking. However, it was also confusing and at times I felt like the characters were mixing together in one blur. Based on the blurb I expected this to be about the bomb in total. However, I soon found out (after confusion) that the first half ...
Short review:This book was stunning, gorgeous and heartbreaking. However, it was also confusing and at times I felt like the characters were mixing together in one blur. Based on the blurb I expected this to be about the bomb in total. However, I soon found out (after confusion) that the first half ...
I actually finished reading this book a couple of days ago and I liked it. It was very emotional and touched a subject that is very close to reality. It was sad to think about because as a mother we send our kids off to school thinking they will be safe there. Red Heart Tattoo touches a little bit o...
With an eye widening prologue that winds up your emotions, Red Heart Tattoo's powerful beginning sets the ideal mood for the whole book. Told in five perspectives, we experience the before and after of a school bombing that leaves grief at every corner, and loss at every rubble. With five perspectiv...
When I first read the blurb for this book, I knew that I was going to read it. Whether I was in the mood for something as serious as a school bombing or not, I knew that I was going to read this book. When I finally picked this book up to read, I couldn't put it down. I didn't want to put it down be...
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